1 Corinthians 11

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

Follow my example, as I do that 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 ye remember me, and hold fast the instructions, as I 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 that prayeth or prophesieth having his head covered, dishonoreth 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 that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoreth her head; for it is one and the same thing 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.

For if a woman is not veiled, let her also be shorn; but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be veiled.

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 indeed ought not to cover his head, since 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 from the woman, but the woman from the man;

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

and 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.

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

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

But neither is the woman without the man, nor the man without the woman, 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 from the man, so also is the man by the woman; but all things from God.

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

Judge in your own selves; is it comely that a woman pray to 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 if a man have long hair, it is a shame 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 that if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her? for her hair is given 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 one seemeth to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor the churches of God.

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

But I give you this charge, not praising you, because ye 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, when ye come together in assembly of the church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it;

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

for there must be also parties among you, that they who are approved may also become manifest among you.

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

When ye come together then in the same place, there is no eating of 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, when ye eat, every one taketh before any distribution his own supper, 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!

What! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the church of God, and shame those who have nothing? What am I to 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 of the Lord, what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took a loaf,

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 when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, This is my body, which is for you; this do 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.”

In like manner also the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new covenant, in my blood; this do, as oft as ye drink, 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 ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye show forth the Lord's death, till 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.

So that whoever eateth the bread or drinketh the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty with respect to 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 thus 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 he that eateth and drinketh eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, if he do not discern the body.

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

For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and some are falling asleep.

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

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

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

Wherefore, my brethren, when ye 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 one hunger, let him eat at home; that ye may not come together to condemnation. And the rest I will set in order when I come.