1 Corinthians 11

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

Be ye imitators 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.

But I praise you because you remember me in all things, and hold fast the commandments, as I delivered them unto 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 wish you to know, that Christ is the head of every man; and the man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of Christ.

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

Every man praying or prophesying, having 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.

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered dishonors her head: for that is one and the same to her being 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.

If a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it is a disgrace for a woman to be shorn or shaven; let her be covered.

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.

For a man ought not to cover his head, being 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 from the woman; but the woman is from the man;

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

for man indeed was not created on account of the woman; but the woman on account of the man.

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

Therefore the woman ought to have authority on her head, on account of the angels.

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

Moreover neither is the woman without the man in the Lord, nor the man without the woman.

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 from the man, so the man also is by the woman; and all things from God.

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

Judge ye among yourselves: is it becoming for a woman to pray to God uncovered?

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

Does not nature itself teach you, that, if a man may indeed have long hair, it is a dishonor to 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 has long hair, it is a glory unto her: because the hair has been 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.

If any one seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, 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.

And proclaiming this, I do not praise you, because 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 in the first place, indeed you coming together, I hear that there are schisms among you; and I in part believe it.

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

For it behooves that heresies should indeed be among you, in order that the approved may be made manifest among you.

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

Therefore you coming together, it is not 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 each one takes his own supper in eating; and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

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!

For have you not houses in which to eat and to drink? or do you cast contempt on the church of God, and shame those not having? What do I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.

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 received this from the Lord, which I have also delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the 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 having given thanks, broke it, and said; This is my body, which is 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.”

Likewise also the cup, after supper, saying; This cup is the new covenant in my blood: do this, as often as you may 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.

For as often as you may eat this bread, and drink the cup, you do proclaim the death of the Lord, until he may 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.

So whosoever may eat the bread or drink the cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and 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 examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup;

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

for the one eating and drinking, net discerning the body, eats and drinks condemnation to himself.

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

Therefore many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.

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

But if we judged ourselves, we would 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 being judged, by the Lord we are chastised, in order that we may not be condemned along with the world.

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

So, my brethren, coming 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 one is hungry let him eat at home; in order that you may not come together unto condemnation. But I will set in order the remaining things when I may come.