SEV Biblia, Chapter 11:11
Mas ni el varn es sin la mujer, ni la mujer sin el varn, en el Seor.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 11:11
Verse 11. Neither is the man without the woman] The apostle seems to say: I do not intimate any disparagement of the female sex, by insisting on the necessity of her being under the power or authority of the man; for they are both equally dependent on each other, in the Lord, en kuriw: but instead of this reading, Theodouret has en tw kosmw, in the world. Probably the apostle means that the human race is continued by an especial providence of God. Others think that he means that men and women equally make a Christian society, and in it have equal rights and privileges.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 11. Nevertheless, neither is the man without the woman , etc.] This is said, partly to repress the pride and insolence of man, that he might not be too much elated with himself, and his superiority over the woman, and look with any degree of disdain and contempt upon her, and treat her with indifference and neglect; and partly to comfort the woman, that she might not be dejected with the condition and circumstances in which she was, since the one is not without the other; nor can they be so truly comfortable and happy, as not the man without the woman, who was made for an help meet for him, so neither the woman without the man in the Lord . The phrase in the Lord is added, to show that it is the will of God, and according to his ordination and appointment, that the one should not be without the other; or it may design that lawful conjunction and copulation, of one man and one woman together, according to the will of the Lord, which distinguishes it from all other impure mixtures and copulations. The Arabic version reads it, in the religion of the Lord; and the sense is, that the one is not without the other in religious worship, and in the enjoyment of religious privileges; that though the woman may not pray publicly and expound the Scriptures, yet she may join in prayer, and hear the word preached, sing the praises of God, and enjoy all ordinances; for in Christ no distinction of sex is regarded, men and women are all one in him, and equally regenerated, justified, and pardoned, and will be glorified together.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 2-16 - Here begin particulars respecting the public assemblies, ch. 1Co 14. I the abundance of spiritual gifts bestowed on the Corinthians, some abuses had crept in; but as Christ did the will, and sought the honou of God, so the Christian should avow his subjection to Christ, doin his will and seeking his glory. We should, even in our dress and habit avoid every thing that may dishonour Christ. The woman was made subjec to man, because made for his help and comfort. And she should d nothing, in Christian assemblies, which looked like a claim of being equal. She ought to have "power," that is, a veil, on her head, becaus of the angels. Their presence should keep Christians from all that is wrong while in the worship of God. Nevertheless, the man and the woma were made for one another. They were to be mutual comforts an blessings, not one a slave, and the other a tyrant. God has so settle matters, both in the kingdom of providence and that of grace, that the authority and subjection of each party should be for mutual help an benefit. It was the common usage of the churches, for women to appea in public assemblies, and join in public worship, veiled; and it wa right that they should do so. The Christian religion sanctions nationa customs wherever these are not against the great principles of trut and holiness; affected singularities receive no countenance from an thing in the Bible.
Greek Textus Receptus
πλην 4133 ADV ουτε 3777 CONJ ανηρ 435 N-NSM χωρις 5565 ADV γυναικος 1135 N-GSF ουτε 3777 CONJ γυνη 1135 N-NSF χωρις 5565 ADV ανδρος 435 N-GSM εν 1722 PREP κυριω 2962 N-DSM
Robertson's NT Word Studies
11:11 {However} (plen). this adversative clause limits the preceding statement. Each sex is incomplete without (cwris, apart from, with the ablative case) the other. {In the Lord} (en kuriwi). In the sphere of the Lord, where Paul finds the solution of all problems.
