Chapter breaks occasionally interrupt the line of reasoning, as here where the apostle continues his exhortation to follow his example.
More information is given in the scriptures about Paul than the other apostles because he is set forth by Jesus as an example for us to follow.
It was incumbent on the disciples to reflect the relationship between God, Christ, and his disciples by their head dress. Men should worship with heads uncovered and women with heads covered, to show that “the head of every man is Christ, and the head of Christ is God”. If men and women disregard this ordinance they “dishonour” their head, so that Christ and his Father are dishonoured. It is unfashionable today to make this distinction between men and women, but true disciples will abide by this simple instruction to “honour Christ and his Father”.
The apostle had to reprimand the Corinthians for the manner in which they conducted themselves at the “Lord’s supper”: “Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse”; “this is not to eat the Lord’s supper”. Therefore Paul instructed them in this letter how to behave when coming together to worship God: “Let all things be done decently and in order” 1 Corinthians 14:40Waiting for response for 1 Corinthians 14:40
Jesus instituted this ordinance the night he was betrayed. He desires his disciples to eat bread and drink wine in remembrance of him, till he comes. The first disciples did this every first day of the week, and since then faithful disciples have met each Sunday to break bread and drink wine to show they love him and long for his return. Jesus said of the bread: “This is my body broken for you”, and of the wine: “This is my blood shed for you”, employing a common figure of speech by which the bread and wine represent his body and blood. Unfortunately, many people are fooled into believing that when blessed by priests the bread and wine are transformed into the literal body and blood of Jesus! The truth is simple and straightforward: Jesus wishes his disciples to show their love for him by breaking bread and drinking wine in remembrance of him. We are required, not only to keep this ordinance, but also to do so in a decent order for if we “eat and drink unworthily we shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord”.
Paul gave instructions concerning the ordinances of Christian worship, and he deals with two of these in this chapter saying: “the rest will I set in order when I come”.