1 Corinthians 11

1 You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.

2 Now I commend you, brothers, for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.

3 But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

4 Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.

5 And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved.

6 If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.

7 A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man.

8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.

9 Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.

10 For this reason a woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

11 In the Lord, however, man is not independent of woman, nor is woman independent of man.

12 For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.

13 Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

14 Doesn’t nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,

15 but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given as a covering.

16 If anyone is inclined to dispute this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

17 In the following instructions I have no praise to offer, because your gatherings do more harm than good.

18 First of all, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.

19 And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.

20 Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.

21 For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.

22 Don’t you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? No, I will not!

23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,

24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take and eat. This is My body, which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

25 In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

27 Therefore, whoever eats this bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in a manner unworthy of the Lord will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.

28 Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.

29 For anyone who eats and drinks unworthily, without recognizing the body of the Lord, eats and drinks judgment on himself.

30 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.

31 Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.

32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.

33 So, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

34 If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you come together it will not result in judgment. And when I come, I will give instructions about the remaining matters.

1 ¶ Be ye followers of me, even as I also [am] of Christ.

2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered [them] to you.

3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman [is] the man; and the head of Christ [is] God.

4 Every man praying or prophesying, having [his] head covered, dishonoureth his head.

5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with [her] head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.

6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.

7 For a man indeed ought not to cover [his] head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

8 For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.

9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.

10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on [her] head because of the angels.

11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.

12 For as the woman [is] of the man, even so [is] the man also by the woman; but all things of God.

13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?

14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?

15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for [her] hair is given her for a covering.

16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.

17 ¶ Now in this that I declare [unto you] I praise [you] not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.

18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.

20 When ye come together therefore into one place, [this] is not to eat the Lord's supper.

21 For in eating every one taketh before [other] his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

22 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise [you] not.

23 ¶ For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the [same] night in which he was betrayed took bread:

24 And when he had given thanks, he brake [it], and said, ‹Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.›

25 After the same manner also [he took] the cup, when he had supped, saying, ‹This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink› [it], ‹in remembrance of me.›

26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.

27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink [this] cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of [that] bread, and drink of [that] cup.

29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.

30 For this cause many [are] weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.

34 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.

1 be my followers, as I am of Christ!

2 I commend you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the manner which I have given you. .

3 But I would have you know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of the woman: but God is the head of Christ.

4 Every man that prayeth or prophesieth, having any thing upon his head, defileth his head.

5 But a woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered defileth her head: for it is as much as if she were shaven.

6 If she will not cover herself, cut off her hair also. But if it be evil for a woman to have her hair cut, or to be shaven, let her cover her head.

7 But the man shall not cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

8 For the man is not of the woman, but the woman is of the man.

9 And the man was not created for the woman's sake: but the woman for the man's sake.

10 Therefore the woman shall have power upon her head for the angels' sakes.

11 But neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man in the LORD.

12 For as the woman cometh of the man, so also the man cometh. Man comes through woman, but everything comes from God.

13 Judge for yourselves whether it is right for a woman to pray before God uncovered.

14 Or doth not nature teach you, that it is an dishonour to a man to beget long hair,

15 and an honour to a woman to beget long hair? The hair is given her for a covering.

16 But if there be any among you that desire to quarrel, let him know that we have no such manner, neither have the churches of God.

17 But this I must command: I cannot commend it, that ye come together, not in a better way, but in a worse.

18 First, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and in part I believe it.

19 For there must be divisions among you, that they which are righteous ‡ may be manifest among you.

20 When ye therefore come together, they keep not the supper of the Lord.

21 For when they take supper, every man taketh his own before, and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

22 Have ye not houses where ye may eat and drink? Or do ye despise the congregation of God, and put to shame them that have nothing? What shall I say unto you? Shall I praise you? In this I praise you not.

23 I have received of the LORD that which I gave you. For the Lord Jesus, in the night that he was betrayed, took bread,

24 And gave thanks, and brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body which is broken for you. This do in remembrance of me.

25 And likewise the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood. This do, as often as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

26 For as often as ye eat of this bread, and drink of this cup, ye shall proclaim the death of the LORD, until he come.

27 Whosoever therefore shall eat of this bread, or drink of the cup of the LORD, unworthily, is guilty of the body and blood of the LORD.

28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of this bread, and drink of this cup.

29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, because he distinguisheth not the body of the LORD.

30 For this cause also there are many among you that are sick and weak, and a good part sleep.

31 For if we judge ourselves, we shall not be judged.

32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the LORD, that we should not be condemned with the world.

33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait one for another.

34 But if any man hunger, let him eat at home, lest ye come together for judgment. The rest will I set in order when I come.