1 Corinthians 11

1 Become ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

Be imitators of me, in so far as I in turn am an imitator of Christ.

2 Now I praise you, brothers, that ye remember me in all things and keep the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.

Now I commend you for remembering me in everything, and because you hold fast truths and practices precisely as I have taught them to you.

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

I would have you know, however, that of every man, Christ is the Head, that of a woman her husband is the Head, and that God is Christ's Head.

4 Every man praying or prophesying having something upon his head dishonors his head.

A man who wears a veil when praying or prophesying dishonors his Head;

5 But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is one and the same thing as the woman who has been shaven.

but a woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her Head, for it is exactly the same as if she had her hair cut short.

6 For if a woman is not covered, let her also shear herself. But if it is an ugly thing for a woman to shear herself or be shaven, she should be covered.

If a woman will not wear a veil, let her also cut off her hair. But since it is a dishonor to a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her wear a veil.

7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, being an image and glory of God, but woman is a glory of man.

For a man ought not to have a veil on his head, since he is the image and glory of God; while woman is the glory of man.

8 For man is not from woman, but woman from man.

Man does not take his origin from woman, but woman takes hers from man.

9 For also man was not created for the woman, but woman for the man.

For man was not created for woman's sake, but woman for man's.

10 Because of this the woman ought to have authority over her head, because of the agents.

That is why a woman ought to have on her head a symbol of subjection, because of the angels.

11 Nevertheless, neither is man independent of woman, nor woman independent of man, in the Lord.

Yet, in the Lord, woman is not independent of man nor man independent of woman.

12 For just as the woman is from the man, so also the man is through the woman. But all things are from God.

For just as woman originates from man, so also man comes into existence through woman, but everything springs originally from God.

13 Judge ye among yourselves, is it proper for a woman to pray to God uncovered?

Judge of this for your own selves: is it seemly for a woman to pray to God when she is unveiled?

14 Or does not nature itself teach you that if a man actually wears long hair it is a disgrace to him?

Does not Nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair it is a dishonor to him,

15 But if a woman wears long hair, it is a glory to her, because her hair has been given for a cloak.

but that if a woman has long hair it is her glory, because her hair was given her for a covering?

16 But if any man appears to be a lover of strife, we have no such custom, nor the congregations of God.

But if any one is inclined to be contentious on the point, we have no such custom, nor have the Churches of God.

17 Now in this that is commanded, I do not praise you, because ye do not assemble for the better but for the worse.

But while giving you these instructions, there is one thing I cannot praise--your meeting together, with bad rather than good results.

18 For indeed first, when ye come together in a congregation, I hear divisions are present among you, and I partly believe it.

for, in the first place, when you meet as a Church, there are divisions among you. This is what I am told, and I believe that there is some truth in it.

19 For there must also be factions among you, so that the genuine may become apparent among you.

For there must of necessity be differences of opinion among you, in order that it may be plainly seen who are the men of sterling worth among you.

20 When therefore ye come together in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord's supper.

When, however, you meet in one place, there is no eating the Supper of the Lord;

21 For each man proceeds to eat his own meal, and one is hungry and another is drunken.

for it is his own supper of which each of you is in a hurry to partake, and one eats like a hungry man, while another has already drunk to excess.

22 For have ye no houses to eat and to drink in? Or do ye disparage the church of God, and humiliate those not having? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.

Why, have you no homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you wish to show your contempt for the Church of God and make those who have no homes feel ashamed? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this matter I certainly do not praise you.

23 For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was betrayed took bread,

For it was from the Lord that I received the facts which, in turn, I handed on to you; how that the Lord Jesus, on the night He was to be betrayed, took some bread,

24 and having expressed thanks, he broke in pieces, and said, Take ye, eat, this is my body broken for you. This do ye for my memorial.

and after giving thanks He broke it and said, "This is my body which is about to be broken for you. Do this in memory of me."

25 Likewise also the cup after the supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood. This do, as often as ye drink it, for my memorial.

In the same way, when the meal was over, He also took the cup. "This cup," He said, "is the new Covenant of which my blood is the pledge. Do this, every time that you drink it, in memory of me."

26 For as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

For every time that you eat this bread and drink from the cup, you are proclaiming the Lord's death--until He returns.

27 Therefore whoever may eat this bread or drink the cup of the Lord unworthily of the Lord, will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

Whoever, therefore, in an unworthy manner, eats the bread or drinks from the cup of the Lord sins against the body and blood of the Lord.

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

But let a man examine himself, and, having done that, then let him eat the bread and drink from the cup.

29 For he who eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks condemnation to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord.

For any one who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgement to himself, if he fails to estimate the body aright.

30 Because of this many are weak and sickly among you, and a considerable sleep.

That is why many among you are sickly and out of health, and why not a few die.

31 But if we were discerning ourselves we would not be judged.

If, however, we estimated ourselves aright, we should not be judged.

32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are chastened so that we may not be condemned with the world.

But when we are judged by the Lord, chastisement follows, to save us from being condemned along with the world.

33 Therefore, my brothers, when ye come together to eat, await each other.

Therefore, brethren, when you come together for this meal, wait for one another.

34 And if any man is hungry, let him eat at home so that ye may not come together for condemnation. And the rest I will set in order as soon as I come.

If any one is hungry, let him eat at home; so that your coming together may not lead to judgement. The other matters I will deal with whenever I come.