1 Corinthians 11

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

Be ye followers of me, as I also am of Christ.

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

Now I praise you, brethren, that in all things you are mindful of me: and keep my ordinances as I have delivered them 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.

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 who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.

Every man praying or prophesying with his head covered, disgraceth 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.

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head not covered, disgraceth her head: for it is all one as if she were shaven.

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.

For if a woman be not covered, let her be shorn. But if it be a shame to a woman to be shorn or made bald, let her cover her head.

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

The man indeed ought not to cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.

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

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

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

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

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

Therefore ought the woman to have a power over her head, because of the angels.

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

But yet neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in the Lord.

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

For as the woman is of the man, so also is the man by the woman: but all things of God.

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

You yourselves judge: doth it become a woman, to pray unto God uncovered?

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

Doth not even nature itself teach you, that a man indeed, if he nourish his hair, it is a shame unto him?

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

But if a woman nourish her hair, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given to her for a covering.

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

But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor the church of God.

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

Now this I ordain: not praising you, that you come together not for the better, but for the worse.

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.

For first of all I hear that when you come together in the church, there are schisms among you; and in part I believe it.

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

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

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

When you come therefore together into one place, it is not now to eat the Lord’s supper.

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

For every one taketh before his own supper to eat. And one indeed is hungry and another is 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!

What, have you not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the church of God; and put them to shame that have not? What shall I say to you? Do I praise you? In this I praise you 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,

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 broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

And giving thanks, broke, and said: Take ye, and eat: this is my body, which shall be delivered for you: this do for the commemoration 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.”

In like manner also the chalice, after he had supped, saying: This chalice is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as often as you shall drink, for the commemoration of me.

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

For as often as you shall eat this bread, and drink the chalice, you shall shew the death of the Lord, until he come.

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

Therefore whosoever shall eat this bread, or drink the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and of the blood of the Lord.

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

But let a man prove himself: and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of the chalice.

29 For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.

For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord.

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

Therefore are there many infirm and weak among you, and many sleep.

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

But if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

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

But whilst we are judged, we are chastised by the Lord, that we be not condemned with this world.

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

Wherefore, my brethren, 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.

If any man be hungry, let him eat at home; that you come not together unto judgment. And the rest I will set in order, when I come.