Bu – Men and Women in Worship 11:2 to 14:40

Men and Women in Worship
11:2 to 14:40

The theme of personal freedom in Messiah exercised without regard for the needs of others or the glory of God, which characterized the issue about eating food sacrificed to idols (to see link click Bj – Concerning Our Freedom in Messiah) seems no less a part of this section which deals with practices affecting the congregation of the church at Corinth. Here too, Paul responded to the Corinthians spirit of self-indulgence by stressing the principle of glorifying God and building up each other in true fellowship.²⁹³ Like book-ends, Paul begins (see Bv – Head Coverings in Worship) and ends his discussion of freedom in Messiah as it pertained to worship (see Dp – Order in Public Worship: Wives in public worship) with remarks directed primarily at the behavior of the Corinthian women during public worship on Sunday morning.