Download 1 Corinthians: Chapter 11 Breakdown

1 Corinthians: Chapter 11
Bishop W. R. Turner Jr.
Living Word Temple of Restoration
May 27, 2014
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Chapter 11Breakdown
 Concluding the teaching on liberty (11:1)
 Doctrine of Worship (11:2-34)
 Teaching on Authority (11:2-16)
 Teaching on Communion(11:17-30)
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Concluding the Teaching on Liberty
(11:1)
 Paul appeals to the believers to follow his example as he is
following Christ’s
 Christ is the supreme rule/example and foundation of all things
pertaining to the church
 Paul can appeal to the church to imitate him based on his
connection to Christ
 Paul’s desire is that the people of Corinth would come to
maturity in the context of Grace
 The goal is not legalism, but rather applying principles by the
guidance of the Holy Spirit
 The model is Christ himself (supreme sacrifice motivated by love)
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Doctrine of Worship (11:2-34)
 Chapter 11 emphasizing a teaching by Paul on proper
worship practices
 In order to teach on worship Paul first establishes the principle
of headship (11:2-6)
 He gives evidence from scripture to support headship (11:7-16)
 Paul then Discusses the Ordinance of Communion
 The Corinthians improper keeping of the ordinance (11:17-22)
 Paul Offers teaching and corrective instruction on the keeping of
the ordinance (11:23-26)
 Potential Consequences for not properly keeping the ordinance
(11:27-34)
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Teaching on Authority (11:2-16)
 Paul praises the Corinthians for keeping the ordinances he
had given to them (vs. 2)
 The word ordinance here refers to the teachings and traditions Paul
had instructed them in
 While the Corinthians prided themselves on their
knowledge the Apostle is constantly exposing deficiencies
in this knowledge they were so proud of (see vs. 3)
 He then lays out the principle of headship – authority
 Christ Does the will of God the father
 Christ is the head of the Body of Christ
 The Hus
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Teaching on Authority cont. (11:2-16)
 Paul lays out the principle of headship – authority (vs. 3)
 We are dealing with functional subordination rather than
qualitative difference
 The Head of Christ is God
 Christ Does the will of (is submitted to ) God the father
 This relates to Christ in terms of his salvific work (role) in redeeming
humanity
 In terms of his divinity Christ is equal with God the Father in every way
 The Man comes next with Christ being the head of the man
 Christ is the head of the church (Body of Christ) and first among all humans
 The woman is next in the creative order with the man being the
head of the woman
 This speaks to the creative order & authority that has been established by God
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Teaching on Authority cont. (11:216)
 Based of the foregoing headship principles (authority)
 Men should not enter public worship with a head covering (vs. 4)
 A head covering would denote that there is some authority between Christ
and the man
 Women Should enter public worship with a head covering (vs. 5)
 The woman wears a head covering to indicate that there is an authority that
exists above her
 Paul’s sees a woman's refusal to have a head covering as a serious
offense
 He deals with a woman participating in public worship without the proper
attire as being and un-submitted woman
 He likens it to behaving like a prostitute
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Teaching on Authority cont. (11:216)
 Paul begins to cite evidence for the principal of headship
 Man was created in the image a glory of God
 This speaks to the fact that dominion was given to the man before the woman
was created
 The woman was created for the man (vs. 8, 9)
 Women we created in the image a glory of the man
 This speaks to the fact that the dominion of the woman was delegated through
the man
 In every other way men and women are partakers of the image of God in the
same way (equally)
 Women ought to have a covering as a sign of the divine order they are
participating in (vs. 10)
 Paul offers this in respect to the angels who are participants in worship also
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Teaching on Communion (11:17-34)
 Paul could not praise the Corinthians for the way in which
the observed communion (vs. 17)
 The outcome of coming together was not edification (vs. 17)
 The came together in a divisive spirit (vs. 18)
 There coming together constituted a supper but “not the Lord’s
Supper” (vs. 20)
 They were not eating together (vs. 21)
 Some were being left out – hungry (vs. 21)
 They were abusing the poor at the feasts
 Some of the participants were getting drunk (vs. 21)
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Teaching on Communion cont.
(11:17-34)
 Paul offers corrective teaching on keeping the ordinance of
communion (vs. 23)
 Paul’s authority for this teaching is Jesus himself (vs. 23)
 Paul had given this teaching to them previously (vs. 23)
 This teaching follows the events of the Last Supper
 Christ’s Example
 Took bread and broke it
 “Take eat, this is my body which is broken for you.”
 Took the cup
 “This cup is the new testament in my blood, this do ye, as oft as ye drink it in
remembrance of me”
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Teaching on Communion cont.
(11:17-34)
 Paul closes the teaching with a warning (vs. 27)
 Communion should not be taken with a careless of irreverent
attitude (vs. 27, 29)
 Communion should ne approached with an attitude of selfexamination (vs. 28)
 Those who eat and drink unworthily can bring damnation on
themselves – judgment
 Evidenced by some who are sick, and others who have died (vs. 30)
 Here the word for death is always used of believers
 Judgment here refers to temporal rather than eternal judgment (vs. 32)
 The rule is communion is to show concern for what we are doing
and for other with whom we are sharing the meal (vs. 34)
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