1 Corinthians 11

1 Be imitators of me, as I also am of Christ.

BE ye imitators of me, as I 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.

Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and hold fast the injunctions 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 desire you to take notice that the head of every man is Christ; but the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

4 Every man praying or prophesying with his head covered disgraces his head.

Every man praying or prophesying, holding a veil over his head, dishonoureth 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 unveiled, dishonoureth her head; for it is one and the same thing, as if she were 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.

For if the woman be not veiled, let her hair be clipped: but if it would be scandalous for a woman to appear clipped or shaved, let her be veiled.

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 indeed ought not to veil his head, being the image and the 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 from the man.

9 And indeed, man was not created for woman, but woman was created for man.

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

10 Therefore, a woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the Angels.

Therefore ought the woman to retain upon her head this badge of authority, because of the angels of the churches.

11 Yet truly, man would not exist without woman, nor would woman exist without man, in the Lord.

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

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 was taken out of the man, so also is the man by the woman: but all things are of God.

13 Judge for yourselves. Is it proper for a woman to pray to God unveiled?

Judge among yourselves, is it decent for a woman to be praying to God without a covering?

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 even nature itself teach you, that if a man wear long flowing hair it is a dishonour 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 let her hair flow, it is an ornament to her; for the hair was given 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.

But if any man mean to be contentious about it, we have no such custom, nor the churches of God.

17 Now I caution you, without praising, about this: that you assemble together, and not for better, but for worse.

But in the matter I am going to denounce, I do not commend you, that ye meet 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, when ye assemble in the church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

19 For there must also be heresies, so that those who have been tested may be made manifest among you.

For there must be heresies among you, that they who are the tried ones, 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.

When therefore ye assemble in the same place, 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 one in the eating it taketh before another his own supper: and one is hungry, and another drinks to excess.

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.

What! have ye not houses to eat in and to drink? or despise ye the church of God, and make those ashamed who have none? What shall I say unto you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

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 of the Lord what also I delivered to you, That the Lord Jesus, in the night in which he was betrayed, took a loaf:

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 when he had blessed it, he brake it, and said, Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken 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.”

In like manner also he took the cup, after they had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do, as often as ye 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 ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew forth the death of the Lord till he 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.

Wherefore, whosoever eateth of this bread, or drinketh the cup of the Lord unworthily, he is guilty of the body and 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 he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh condemnation to himself, not distinguishing the Lord’s body.

30 As a result, many are weak and sick among you, and many have fallen asleep.

For this cause many are diseased and infirm among you, and some asleep in death.

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

For if we thoroughly judged ourselves, we should not be judged of the Lord.

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, we are corrected by the Lord, that we might not be condemned with the world.

33 And so, my brothers, when you assemble together to eat, be attentive to one another.

Wherefore, when ye meet together to eat the Lord’s supper, 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.

And if any man be hungry, let him eat at home; that ye meet not together for condemnation. And the other matters I will regulate when I come.