< 1 Corinthians 11 >

1 Be imitators of me, as I also am of Christ.
Be ye imitators of me, as I also am of Christ.
2 Now I praise you, brothers, because you are mindful of me in everything, in such a way as to hold to my precepts as I have handed them down 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 So I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ. But the head of woman is man. Yet truly, 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 praying or prophesying with his head covered disgraces his head.
Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head.
5 But every woman praying or prophesying with her head not covered disgraces her head. For it is the same as if her head were shaven.
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 So if a woman is not veiled, let her hair be cut off. Truly then, if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off, or to have her head shaven, then 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 Certainly, a man ought not to cover his head, for he is the image and glory of God. But 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 is not of woman, but woman is of man.
For the man is not from the woman; but the woman is from the man;
9 And indeed, man was not created for woman, but woman was created for man.
for man indeed was not created on account of the woman; but the woman on account of the man.
10 Therefore, 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 Yet truly, man would not exist without woman, nor would woman exist without man, in the Lord.
Moreover neither is the woman without the man in the Lord, nor the man without the woman.
12 For just as woman came into existence from man, so also does man exist through woman. But all things are 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 unveiled?
Judge ye among yourselves: is it becoming for a woman to pray to God uncovered?
14 Does not even nature herself teach you that, indeed, if a man grows his hair long, it is a disgrace for him?
Does not nature itself teach you, that, if a man may indeed have long hair, it is a dishonor to him?
15 Yet truly, if a woman grows her hair long, it is a glory for her, because her hair has been 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 But if anyone has a mind to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor does the Church of God.
If any one seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.
17 Now I caution you, without praising, about this: that you assemble together, and not for better, but for worse.
And proclaiming this, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.
18 First of all, indeed, I hear that when you assemble together in the church, there are schisms among you. And I believe this, in part.
For in the first place, indeed you coming together, I hear that there are schisms among you; and I in part believe it.
19 For there must also be heresies, so that those who have been tested may be made manifest among you.
For it behooves that heresies should indeed be among you, in order that the approved may be made manifest among you.
20 And so, when you assemble together as one, it is no longer in order to eat the Lord’s supper.
Therefore you coming together, it is not to eat the Lord's supper:
21 For each one first takes his own supper to eat. And as a result, one person is hungry, while another is inebriated.
for each one takes his own supper in eating; and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
22 Do you not have houses, in which to eat and drink? Or do you have such contempt for the Church of God that you would confound those who do not have such contempt? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I am not praising you in this.
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 have received from the Lord what I have also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus, on the same night that he was handed over, 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 giving thanks, he broke it, and said: “Take and eat. This is my body, which shall be given up 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 Similarly also, the cup, after he had eaten supper, 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 whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord, until he returns.
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 And so, whoever eats this bread, or drinks from the cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be liable of 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 But let a man examine himself, and, in this way, let him eat from that bread, and drink from that cup.
But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup;
29 For whoever eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks a sentence against himself, not discerning it to be the body of the Lord.
for the one eating and drinking, net discerning the body, eats and drinks condemnation to himself.
30 As a result, many are weak and sick among you, and many have fallen asleep.
Therefore many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.
31 But if we ourselves were discerning, then certainly we would not be judged.
But if we judged ourselves, we would not be judged:
32 Yet when we are judged, we are being corrected by the Lord, so that we might not be condemned along with this world.
But being judged, by the Lord we are chastised, in order that we may not be condemned along with the world.
33 And so, my brothers, when you assemble together to eat, be attentive to one another.
So, my brethren, coming together to eat, wait for one another.
34 If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that you may not assemble together unto judgment. As for the rest, I will set it in order when I arrive.
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.

< 1 Corinthians 11 >