 Okay, so any questions based on what we looked at so far? Chapter 10, one question is Chapter 10. Any doubts or any questions? Let's take some time to talk about that. Because it's important for us to, again, understand why Paul is addressing these things. So we'll have the right perspective ourselves and also those of us who are in places of spiritual leadership that will also address it in the right manner, not teach the right way. Yeah, any questions? Okay, so, again, no questions from Kiran, anyone else? Okay, so the thing is, I hope it's clear that the kind of connections that Paul is, you know, Paul is bringing in, he's talking about communion, he's talking about the table of the Lord, and he's talking about the table of demons. So when he's saying that, you know, we know that communion is an act of worship, is an act of acknowledgement, is a time of submitting, acknowledging what the Lord has done and therefore it is, when we take part, you know, it is in faith that it is bringing us to a place of oneness. So, and Paul's intention is that that oneness is with the Lord alone. You cannot have that oneness with demons or you, nor should you, you know, even knowingly or knowingly open yourself to that kind of oneness, right? Which is, again, the whole aspect of worship. It is not just eating something, but he's talking about the table of demons, right? Which was an invitation, which the Corinthian, maybe, you know, they were in the habit of doing, they continued to do that, and maybe they felt that, okay, hey, this is nothing. You know, I know the idol is nothing, I know the food offered to the idol is nothing, so there's nothing wrong in being there and doing that. Okay, being part of that table of demons, right? He's talking about the entire worship of demons. He's talking about the entire steps taken, maybe, the ritual, maybe, right? So, he's talking about that. So, we need to make that, you know, be clear about that. Like, just like how we saw in chapter 8, where Paul very clearly says that, you know, it's not about the idol, it's not about the food, but it's about the one who is watching, who is not mature, who is probably weak in faith, and for that sake, for that person's sake, I will not eat a food that is offered to idol. Okay, very clear. So, here, he ends this by saying that, you know, all things are helpful, but I'm going to ask two questions. You know, all things are lawful, it's allowed. Is it going to be, is it helpful for me? Does it edify me? Does it build me up spiritually? Is it helpful for me? So, the other thing is that, I'm not going to seek my own benefit, but I'm going to watch out for others. You know, does it benefit the other person also? Like, let each one seek, not his own, but also the other's well-being. Okay, let's look at verses 25 to 33, and this kind of brings an end to this whole discussion of things offered to idols, okay, and idol worship. So, he's saying, eat whatever is sold in the meat market, asking no questions for conscience's sake. For the Lord, for the earth is the Lord's, it's quoting Psalm 241, for the earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness. If any of those, so that's one thing. Okay, so whatever is sold in the meat market, if whatever is available in the market, just go, you know, just buy it, you buy it, you cook it, you eat it, whatever. You know, it's fine. If any of those who do not believe, invites you to dinner and you decide to go eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for conscience's sake, for the sake of the conscience, and he's going to explain, like whose conscience and, you know, so on. So conscience, we know, you know, is a sense of right and wrong, and the prompting in our soul, based on what is right and wrong. So he's saying, you know, ask no questions for conscience's sake. But if anyone says to you, this was offered to idols. Okay, so he's, what is the scenario? You're going to someone's, okay, prince. I'm sorry, I'm just seeing this now, verse 21. Okay, I will, yeah, we will, I'll explain that. Okay, so here he's saying, you know, what is the scenario here? So the scenario is that somebody's invited for dinner, somebody's invited for a meal, you're in that person's house, and the person says, you know, this was offered to idols. You know, this was offered as an act of worship to idols. Then he says, do not eat it for the sake of the one who told you. And for conscience's sake, okay? For the earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness. So what is he talking about? Whose conscience? He's saying conscience, I say verse 29, for your own, but that of the other. For, when he asks the question, you know, why should my freedom be judged? Why is my liberty judged by another person's conscience? Right, so if I partake with thanks, why am I evil-spoken off for the food for which I give thanks? Right, you know, in, I think it's in Timothy, right? First Timothy chapter four, let's read that. So he's saying, nothing is to be refused. Okay? First Timothy chapter four, he says, you know, he's talking about certain wrong teachings. He's saying, you know, he's calling that doctrine of demons. What is it saying? You know, first Timothy four verse one. Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times, some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons. And he goes on to explain what is this? What are these lies and doctrines of demons, teachings of demons? Saying, speaking lies and hypocrisy, having their own conscience served with a hot iron, you know, forbidding to marry and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. For every creature of God is good and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. So that is something, you know, that he writes there. So we look at that scripture as well. And we see here, you know, he says verse 30, for if I partake with thanks, why am I evil spoken of the food over which I give thanks? So he's prayed, gave thanks to God, and it's sanctified and eating it. Therefore, whatever you do, so the thing is for the sake of the other person's conscience, he's saying, do not eat. You know, you can actually pray and eat it, nothing will happen, no problem. But for the sake of the other person's conscience, why? He thinks that it's... I mean, he says that it is something that is offered to an idol. And for him, it's an act of worship. He's acknowledging that idol is God. So therefore, when he's looking at you and you also eat, like something like what Thomas shared, you know, last session, the previous time when we met, he's talking about how we stopped eating because of what others would say, you know, others were... They were also thinking that he's fine, you know, he also acknowledges this as God. So for the sake of other's conscience, do not eat is what he's saying, right? So verse 31, therefore, whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all for the glory of God. Okay, so in your eating and drinking, let God be glorified. So that's another question, you know, to ask ourselves, is God being glorified in this, right? So, you know, is it helpful? Does it edify? Is God being glorified in this? These are, you know, very useful questions for the practical living of a believer. Is it helpful? Does it edify? Is God being glorified in this? Okay, so therefore, whether you eat or drink, whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. Give no offence. Now, here's another thing. If you're going to refuse the food that is being offered to you, because, you know, someone says, hey, this was offered to idols. Now, you don't give any offence, even in that refusal, right? Give no offence, either to the Jew or to the Greeks or to the Church of God, just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of benefit or the profit of many that they may be saved. Okay? So, you're saying, give no offence. You know, do not offend anyone, Jews, Greeks, you know, the Church of God. Don't offend people. And, you know, just as I also please all men in all things, okay, so that I might save some. Okay, now we need to understand, you know, when we look at these words, verses out of context, then, you know, it results in compromise. Compromise of what? Compromise of the standards of the word. Compromise of the message, right? Diluting the message. It results in that. Okay, if you just look at those two verses, okay, I give no offence. Okay, I'm not going to offend you. In what I say to you, I'm not going to offend you. Therefore, you know, this, if I think that gospel might offend you, I'm not going to say. It results in compromise. That's not what he's saying, right? Because he preached the uncompromised gospel, the message. He preached the message of Christ. He preached about the message of the cross. He preached about the power of God, right? So that people's faith should be in the power of God, not in the wisdom of men. So, he did all that, right? So, when he's talking about giving no offence, he's talking about, you know, primarily about refusing and in that refusing, not offending, right? So, which means you do it lovingly, you do it lovingly, you do it firmly. And also, with the understanding that the gospel is offensive, the gospel message will offend people, right? In other words, when you say that Jesus Christ is the only way, that message is offensive, right? The message itself is offensive. You don't intentionally offend anyone. There's a difference. Like, you share the message of Christ with love, and they will, you know, at times they will be offended because of the content of the message, the truth of the message, right? But in your manner, in which you deliver, in the manner in which you share, in the manner in which you behave with people, don't offend them. The gospel says, you know, I don't offend them. I become all things to all people, to the Jews as Jews, to the Gentiles as to Gentiles, to those without the law, you know, which he says here, you know, in chapter 9 and verses, you know, verses 19 onwards, right? 19 to 23. He's repeating that here. I may also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, not seeking my own benefit, but others' benefits, the benefit of many that they may be saved, okay? So to put it in a nutshell, right, there could be two scenarios he's talking about. There could be two situations that, you know, the Corinthian believer and also us, we might place ourselves in, we might find ourselves in. One is with regard to, you know, what is sold in the meat market. He's saying, you know, if it is sold, you know, yes, we know that it might be dedicated, it might be, you know, offered first, you know, that's the culture that we live in, okay, in India also. That's the thing, you know, everything could be dedicated to some deity and then sold, okay? So he's saying, hey, if it's sold in the market, don't worry. You know, you can't avoid this situation, right? Don't worry, just pray, give thanks, eat, nothing, no problem. But if you're in somebody's house and then they're saying, okay, this was offered, don't refuse it for the sake of the conscience, not your conscience, but the other person's conscience, why? Because he's saying, you know, that person considers this as an act of worship and he's bringing it to you and he's saying, you know, you also take it and, you know, when you take it and when you receive it and you eat it, in his eyes, it is an act of worship, right? You know, it is an act of acknowledging the whatever he is worshiping as God. So for that person's conscience, do not, okay, do not eat. Okay, we need to understand that, right? So that is the whole thing of food offered to idols that he's talking about, okay? So I hope that, you know, maybe changes our perspective, right? The reason for which we can eat or not eat or not eat, this is the reason, okay? So we need to really understand that. So practically, you know, what do we do? Okay, here are these, you know, here is the situation and here are the scenarios that he's placed before us. You might find yourself in one of these two situations. So don't do that. Okay, so the verse 21, what Prince is asking, one contains 10 and verse 21 is, being part of the worship itself. So Prince, so here, he's saying, you cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the Lord's table and the table of demons. So what is he saying here? He's saying, you know, so the verses before that explain what communion is, what communion does. Like when you take part of the Lord's table, eat the bread and drink from the cup. This is what is happening. You are actually coming into a fellowship. The word used there is koinonia, which means fellowship, partnership, sharing, coming to a place of union. So that is what is happening. So in the same manner, he's saying that, you know, when it comes to the whole thing of worship of idols and food offered to idols is part of it. So he's saying, you cannot be partaking of the table of demons. You cannot be taking part in that. And like what we saw, the Incorrent, they had this ritual or they had this practice that people would be invited for worship of different deities and it would be called the table of so and so. It will be table of whatever, you know, the name of that idol or name of that deity. So when I say deity, you know, maybe it's part of, you know, whatever temple or it's the name of that. So they are invited to this. So here he's saying, you know, you're partaking, as a believer you're partaking in the Lord's table. You know what happens when you partake of the Lord's table. I don't want you to do that over there. And partake of the table of demons because you're actually placing yourself coming to a place of fellowship or koinonia, you know, that one is spiritual union. So I don't want you to do that. So that is what verse 21 is about. Any other question, Prince, based on that, is it clear? It's, yeah, okay. You know, if it's still, you have any doubt, you can still ask, okay? Anything in particular about verse 21, if you feel that something's not clear, you can ask. Okay. Okay. So this is the thing. So this is the reason and these are the reasons for which, you know, Paul is saying that I'm going to I'm going to look out for the benefit of the people. I'm going to, you know, this is going to be our outlook, whether we eat or drink, do all for the glory of God. Do it for the glory of God and let that guide you in all that you do, right? Okay. So chapter 10, we looked at how it gives you example of the Old Testament example of people in the wilderness and what happened to them and the things that happened to them were examples and, you know, examples to admonish, correct us. So therefore, you know, consider that it lists sound five things, right? Lusting after evil things, idolatry, and these, what are the three other things that he talks about, about sexual impurity, impurity, morality, also to avoid tempting Christ and also the lastly about complaining and murmury, right? So he says, you know, these, these block our destiny this, so you avoid doing it. And one of that is idolatry and, you know, replacing God with something else. So avoid that, don't do that to flee from that and then he goes on to explain about idol worship and also this aspect of idol worship, this insight about communion and, you know, being part of the idol worship itself and being part of the food that is, you know, partaking of the food that is offered to idols and though in the natural things it seems a simple thing but significantly, spiritually this is what you are doing. So, you know, don't do that. Then some practical thing of, you know, what is sold to the meat market, what is sold to the market, food that is sold to the market and also food that is offered when you go to somebody's house and, you know, eat it, there's no problem but in someone's house when they say that this was offered so don't, right? So he explains why and so those are the reasons. So let's look at chapter 11. So chapter 11, so he's talking about a couple of other things that were there in the Corinthian church and so he's going to address that issue, right? And also we see that he's also going to talk about the communion. The Lord's table is going to be talking about that as well. So let's read through. So it starts by saying, you know, it's just a continuation. So, you know, just as I also please all men in all things not seeking my own prophet but the prophet of many that they may be saved. And then it continues by saying, imitate me just as I also imitate Christ. Now I praise you brethren that you remember me in all things and keep the traditions just as I delivered them to you. And then he's going to talk about another aspect that he wants to address. So he starts by saying, you know, imitate me as I also imitate Christ. So he's saying, you know, what does imitate mean? Imitate means closely follow or mimic, right? Mimic someone, see someone, what they're doing and do the same thing, right? So he's saying people in another words he's saying, you know, imitate me, follow me closely as I also follow the Lord closely. Okay, whatever I'm doing is what, you know, whatever I'm following in my life. I'm following the Lord closely. Okay, so you can actually imitate me. And it's a very, you know, when you look at that statement itself, it's a very challenging statement like for every believer or, you know, if for every leader, like he's saying, to tell someone you imitate me, you follow me as I follow the Lord. Okay, so that's a, you know, that's a powerful statement, right? But also it talks about another aspect of leadership, which is, you know, I'm, I myself personally, I'm going to follow the Lord or I am following the Lord. Okay, so, you know, in my teaching, in my mentoring and all that, right, I'm doing that as I follow the Lord. Okay, that's, that's again, a very powerful leadership principle that it's not just pointing people, telling, pointing to people or telling people how they should live their lives according to scripture, but really showing it in our lives by example, right? So not just teaching about things and this is what the Bible says. This is what scripture says, but showing that in our own lives and saying, you know, you look at my life, this is what I do because this is what scripture says. This is what Jesus says. So this is what I do and you can follow me as I follow Christ. Okay, so he talks about verse two. It says, you remember me in all things and also keep the traditions just as I deliver them to you. So, you know, some things that he has spoken to them and verbally, you know, some traditions. So he has, which means, you know, some instructions he has given to them. Now he's saying, you know, we don't know what these are. There's no record, but though it is not stated, like it could likely be the sacraments of the church, meaning, again, the Lord's table and talking about maybe water baptism, right? It could be because of, because everyone in the early church had an understanding of it. So it could be because it could be that, right? Okay, then he talks about another thing. But I want you to know, okay, and from then on till verse 16, right, from three to 16, he's talking about, you know, about head covering. And he's also talking about headship, okay, which means about divine order and also divine, divine, maybe divine order, God's design of flow of authority and leadership and so on, like spiritual leadership. So this is something that he goes on to share. So let's read it, verse three onwards. But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ and the head of woman is man and the head of Christ is God. Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonours his head. But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered, dishonours her head. For that is one and the same as if her head was shaved. For if a woman is not covered, let her also be shone. But if it is, if it is shameful for a woman to be shone or shaved, let her be covered. For a man indeed ought not to cover his head since he is the image and glory of God. But woman is the glory of man. For man is not from woman but woman from man, nor was man created for the woman but woman for the man. For this reason, the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head because of the angels. Nevertheless, neither is man independent of woman nor woman independent of man in the Lord. For as woman came from man, even so man also comes through woman. But all things are from God. Judge among yourselves, is it proper to look at her head? Does not even nature itself teach you if a woman has long hair? But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her for her hair is given to her for a covering. But if anyone seems to be contentious, we have no such customs nor do the churches of God. We need to understand that Paul is addressing something that is addressing here only for the Corinthian Church. And some things that he is mentioning here, he has mentioned elsewhere also. Other places in his epistles, other places in the New Testament, things are mentioned. And so we need to make that distinction. We need to make that or see that difference. Here are some things that he is talking, only to the Corinthian Church, he is not talking elsewhere in his epistles. And here are some things that he is talking to, he is mentioning this in other places in scripture. The New Testament talks about it, the Lord talks about it. So here are a few other things. So for us, when we make that distinction, why should we make that distinction? Why should we know that difference? Then we will know that this is something cultural, which means that regarding the culture of that place. This is an instruction which is given specifically for this church. So that truth is not applicable to all. This instruction is not applicable to everyone. It is specific for that region, for that particular place, for that people. So it's good for us to understand that. So in your notes, page 90, starting from 90 and 91, there is a table which talks about this, which addresses this very clearly. And it's good for us to take a look at that. Maybe I'll project it so that it's good. Hopefully you can see this. I'll just wait. So you see that. So we see that what is addressed in other places in scripture and what is addressed exclusively for the Corinthian Church. And also we mentioned something that is mentioned for the, what instruction which is mentioned for the Ephesian Church as well. So spiritual headship. Now these are what he says in 1 Corinthians 11 and verse 3. I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ. The head of woman is man and the head of Christ is God. So when he says head, he's not talking about the physical head. He's talking about headship. Okay. Which means, okay, if you look at, yeah, just highlighted here. So it's representing authority, leadership, governing, you know, the design, divine design for government. Okay. How things should be run, et cetera. Okay. So yeah. So it's talking about headship and simultaneously he's in the verses 5 to 16. He's talking about head covering. Now that is different from headship. Okay. We need to understand that. We're going to look at that. So he's talking about physical head covering. Okay. And we see that there's one verse. He talks about that regarding the Corinthian Church. Then he's talking about, you know, when it comes to the Lord's table, there are all these scriptures. You know, we looked at the Lord's table. Paul makes mention of it in the previous chapter about the cup and the bread and the body. How we are, you know, one, how we come into communion. He talks about that. And in this chapter also towards end, he talks about that as well, like maintaining right order and so on. So he talks about that. And in Corinth, there was a situation and he is, he's going to address that. So which is specific for Corinth, for the Corinthian church. Okay. Then about women praying, prophesying, preaching, you know, in verse 5, it says, every woman who prays or prophesies. So which means praying, prophesying by women, it's fine. Right. And we see that in several other places where there were believers gathered together, men and women who are praying. The spirit of God poured out on men and women who are praying and they experienced the baptism of the Holy Spirit. So we see that. And when he's talking about the gifts, you know, we're going to see that. So he's talking about all men and women, Ephesians 4. So women praying, prophesying, preaching, ministering. Okay. So we see that. But specifically, he gives instruction to the Corinthian church. Okay. He says, be silent. Okay. We've studied that on Corinthians 14. And also first in the chapter 2, where he says, you know, let them learn in silence. One Corinthians 14. One person who says, you know, I do not permit a woman to speak. Let them keep silent and church and so on. So that we know is typically for the Corinthian church and the church in Ephesus. Timothy is in Ephesus. And that instruction is so as they had a similar issue or similar problem, which he's addressing. Okay. So it's good for us to know the difference so that we know what is truth that we can apply in our day and time. And what is something that is specific for that, for that day, for those people and for that particular time. Okay. So that's, that's important for us. So what does he say? He says, you know, I want you to know that verse 3, right? This is, you know, the head of man is Christ, the head of woman is man and the head of Christ is God. So he's referring to, you know, is giving some kind of a headship here, you know, a design of headship, a design of flow of authority and so on. So he's giving it here, right? He's placing this here. So the word used there, man, woman. It could refer to any male. Okay. So it could be a male when you say, okay, this is a male gender. It could refer to male or it could refer to a husband, right? Similarly, the word used there for woman, it could be referred to, you know, it could mean a woman, a female gender or it could also mean a wife. Okay. So when he says the head of the woman is the man, he's referring to a marriage relationship, right? Where he's saying that, you know, you see that in Ephesians 5 also, right? Be submissive. Ephesians 5, 22. Of course, 21, he says submit to one another in the Lord. And then 21, 22 says, you know, women are to be submit to their own husbands and so on, right? So we see that. Okay. So now, so that is something that we need to keep in mind. Okay. He's talking about a marriage relationship and he's giving a template or a design for a divine authority, a divine order. He's saying that this is what it is, right? The head of every man is Christ, meaning that every man is submitted to Christ and the head of Christ is God, referring to the Father and Christ. Okay. So for us to understand this relationship between man and woman. So we look at, you know, what he's referring to as the relationship between the headship or the relationship between Christ, the Son, and the Father. So we know that the Father, Son are co-equal, right? John chapter one verse one in the beginning was the word. So deity co-equal, not one less than the other, right? So that, so there's no superior inferior there. They are co-equal. So that is what we see in John one one, right? Yet, of course, the son took the place and submitted willingly submitted to the plan and purpose of the father to come give himself as a ransom for many and the plan of great plan of redemption, right? Happen. So in so also when it comes to man, woman, referring to husband and wife, they are co-airs of the grace of God. They are co-airs, meaning co-equal and there's no several scriptures like first Peter three, seven co-airs together of the grace of God. So there is no, sorry, Colossians, I think it's Colossians three, just one second. Yeah, Colossians three, eleven. There it talks about the, you know, difference between Greek and Jew circumcised, uncircumcised, and so on. There it doesn't refer to man and woman, but it's, you know, on the similar lines, there is no division, because everyone is one in Christ. So here, Colossians three, twenty eight specifically talks about, you know, male, female, et cetera. So there is no differentiation. Okay. So in verse 11, it says, you know, neither is man independent of woman nor woman independent of man. So just as woman came from man, even so man also comes through woman. A woman gives birth to a male baby grows up to be a man. Well, in the creation account, we read that he was created after Adam and out of Adam. So both are there. So which means there is an interdependency and the one between, you know, the husband and the wife. So the thing is that they are, the wife is submitted to the husband and it's not because man is superior and woman is inferior, but it's the divine design of God. Okay. This is how he designed. So submits to the wife submits to the leadership of the husband willingly. Okay. And so he's making it very clear. So even in the local church, you know, if there are, you know, women, then they submit to the leadership. And if it happens to be a man, you know, a male leadership, they submit. Okay. So that does not mean that women cannot be leaders in the church. You know, efficient for, you know, the, the fivefold ministry is not restricted to men, but also, you know, men and women. So, yeah. So now what is the, what is, what is Paul's intent in sharing this? He says he goes on to share that, you know, this is God's design, this, this headship, this leadership. This is God's design. And it's not because of inferior superior, right? Just like how God the Father and God the Son are one, they are equal. So man and woman in Christ, they are co-heirs with Christ. But just like how the son submitted to the leadership of the father and gave himself as a ransom. Therefore, the woman also, you know, the wife submits to the husband willingly submits. And, you know, when you read Ephesians 5, we see that the husband loves the wife as Christ loved the church. So we see it's a sacrificial love. It's a, you know, serving love. It's, you know, all that is there, aspect is there. Okay. So now the cultural aspect is this, right? So he's in verse five versus five to, you know, five to maybe seven, you know, he's talking about head covering. So the cultural context is that in Corinth, like in other places, the women had long hair and the married woman would have a head covering. Okay. A woman who was, you know, a harlot or prostitute, you know, would have her head shaved or, you know, cut or cut very short. That was also there in Corinth. Okay. So now in Corinth, in the church, people were getting saved and coming to church. So we would have people of all kinds of that. So you would have unmarried women. We would have married women would have, you know, people who were caught up in sin. How do we know that? We look at, we look at one Corinthians chapter one. Okay. If you can turn there quickly, look at one Corinthians one and, and he, you know, Paul is saying, hey, sorry. One Corinthians chapter six. Sorry. I'm sorry. Chapter six, right? Chapter six and verse nine. So he's saying he lists down in a fornication, idolatry, adultery, homosexuals, sodomites, thieves, covetous drunkards, revilers. Okay. So he's listed on those kinds of sin and also sinful lifestyle. And what does he say in verse 11? You were some of you. Okay. So in such way, some of you know, you were seated here in, you know, in church. Now you were like this before, before you were, and he goes on to say you were sanctified, you were washed, you were justified in the name of the Lord. Okay. So in the Corinthian church, you had people who were from that kind of background who had that kind of sinful lifestyle. It is quite possible that the women were, you know, they were married women. They were single women. They were women who were, you know, maybe temple prostitutes, you know, the temple of affinity was there. They were saved and they'd come. So all kinds. So Paul had to explain. Okay. Because this was creating an issue there. So he's saying, you know, in view of the cultural context and the background, he's saying, you know, when you're going to be ministering in prayer, when you're prophesying, cover your head. Okay. So because uncovering of the head meant something else culturally. It meant that I'm not under, you know, authority. It meant that a rebellious or a woman of loose morals. Okay. So this is what it meant culturally. A woman with very short hair or shown a hair that is cut or a hair or a head that is shaved meant something. You know, like even in, you know, our day and time, even in our, you know, let's say, look, you look at, you know, I'm not saying Indian culture, but Hindu culture, you see that a widow from a Hindu culture would, nowadays it's not there. You know, it's not there anymore. And, you know, those days you would see that they would not wear jewels. They would wear, they would be typically dressed in white. And, you know, if they were wearing a Tilak, you know, or a bindi or, you know, that would be taken off. A woman would not continue to wear that. So, you know, you understand that. Right. So similarly, a woman who would not have her head covered, it meant something. So, you know, people in Hindu culture would, those days would look at someone like that and say, okay, she does not have a husband. She is a widow. Right. Similarly here, if a woman did not have her head covered, they would, they would assume something. Okay. Okay, this person is like that. This person lives this kind of a life. So he's saying, you know, you're praying, prophesying in church, ministering. Cover your head. Okay. So something cultural. Right. So he says, you know, this is what it is shameful for a woman to be shown, shaved. If it is same shameful, let her be covered. Okay. Is it? Yes, culturally, it was considered shameful. So, you know, you cover. In verse 10, he talks about something, reason why it is important for this expression of submission to spiritual authority. Okay. He says, you know, he's referring to Ephesians 3.10 where he says that, you know, that the wisdom of God is made known, is manifest, is displayed by the church, even to principalities and powers in the heavenly places, which includes angels. The wisdom of God is made manifest by the church, by the believers, because they are walking in something which, you know, which angels even desire to look into. Right. The wisdom of God, they're walking in salvation and also the wisdom that is made available through Christ or in Christ for the believer is made manifest or made visible by them through the world outside and through the heavenly principalities and powers in the heavenly places. So Ephesians 3 talks about that. So, as a symbol of authority, again, you know, he's talking to them and he's saying, you know, you have that the fact that you want to convey that you are under authority and the head should cover your head. Okay. But he's very clear, right, when he comes to verse, you know, just like how verse 11 says, you know, neither is man independent of woman, nor woman independent of man and the Lord. Verse 12 explains why. Right. He goes on to say in verse 16, you know, if anyone seems to be contentious or, you know, you're fighting about this, fighting over this, he says, we have no such custom. Okay. So look at this, you know, saying this is a cultural thing. This is specific to Corinth. So I'm giving this instruction. Okay. But if you, you know, if, if you have any arguments against that, and if you are, you know, if there are any contentions, he's saying, you know, we have no such custom nor do the churches of God. Okay. So that's how, that's how he ends this whole thing of head covering. And also he ends the whole topic of head. He talks about Hitchhick, which he addresses in verses, you know, verses four and three, three, four and five. And versus six onwards, he talks about the physical covering and also, you know, the whatever is related to that, the physical covering. And in verse 16, he says, you know, we don't have any such customs. Okay. So, so as people, you know, who are, you know, sharing the gospel, we can, we can just decide, you know, which means we have the freedom. Okay. Is that the culture of the place? Okay. I know we have certain traditions, you know, here in our own nation and different parts of the nation, you know, sometimes what is there in a, in a village setting, rural setting, you know, is different, like here in some of the, you know, some of the city churches, you see that people walk into church with the footwear, right? Well, the place is carpeted and the same people walk in. And whereas you know that there are certain places where people walk in and they remove the footwear outside and so on. They do that. And also with regard to head covering, you know, there are certain traditions which you know, where the women cover their head and go and there are places where it does not happen. And so, you know, what is cultural, you know, you, it's fine. But we need to understand as people in spiritual leadership, we need to understand that there are no such customs nor, you know, not do the churches of God. We have, we do not have such custom nor do the churches of God. Okay. So he's narrating this. He's placing these instructions, which is specific to a place, a people and a certain culture. Okay. And it's important that we understand that. Okay. So we'll stop here and then we will pick up from verse 17 until the end of the chapter in next class. Okay. Okay. Have a great weekend. God bless. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you so. 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