1 Corinthians 11

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

Be imitators of me, in so far as I in turn am an imitator 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 commend you for remembering me in everything, and because you hold fast truths and practices precisely as I have taught them to 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.

I would have you know, however, that of every man, Christ is the Head, that of a woman her husband is the Head, and that God is Christ's Head.

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

A man who wears a veil when praying or prophesying 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 a woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her Head, for it is exactly the same as if she had her hair cut short.

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 will not wear a veil, let her also cut off her hair. But since it is a dishonor to a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her wear a veil.

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 have a veil on his head, since he is the image and glory of God; while woman is the glory of man.

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

Man does not take his origin from woman, but woman takes hers from man.

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

For man was not created for woman's sake, but woman for man's.

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

That is why a woman ought to have on her head a symbol of subjection, because of the angels.

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

Yet, in the Lord, woman is not independent of man nor man independent of 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 just as woman originates from man, so also man comes into existence through woman, but everything springs originally from God.

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

Judge of this for your own selves: is it seemly for a woman to pray to God when she is unveiled?

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 has 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 that if a woman has long hair it is her glory, because her 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 one is inclined to be contentious on the point, we have no such custom, nor have 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 while giving you these instructions, there is one thing I cannot praise--your meeting together, with bad rather than good results.

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 you meet as a Church, there are divisions among you. This is what I am told, and I believe that there is some truth in it.

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

For there must of necessity be differences of opinion among you, in order that it may be plainly seen who are the men of sterling worth among you.

20 And so, when you assemble together as one, it is no longer in order to eat the Lord’s supper.

When, however, you meet in one place, there is no eating the Supper of the Lord;

21 For each one first takes his own supper to eat. And as a result, one person is hungry, while another is inebriated.

for it is his own supper of which each of you is in a hurry to partake, and one eats like a hungry man, while another has already drunk 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.

Why, have you no homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you wish to show your contempt for the Church of God and make those who have no homes feel ashamed? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this matter I certainly 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 it was from the Lord that I received the facts which, in turn, I handed on to you; how that the Lord Jesus, on the night He was to be betrayed, took some 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 after giving thanks He broke it and said, "This is my body which is about to be broken for you. Do this in memory 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 the same way, when the meal was over, He also took the cup. "This cup," He said, "is the new Covenant of which my blood is the pledge. Do this, every time that you drink it, in memory of me."

26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord, until he returns.

For every time that you eat this bread and drink from the cup, you are proclaiming the Lord's death--until He returns.

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.

Whoever, therefore, in an unworthy manner, eats the bread or drinks from the cup of the Lord sins against 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, having done that, then let him eat the bread and drink from 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 any one who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgement to himself, if he fails to estimate the body aright.

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

That is why many among you are sickly and out of health, and why not a few die.

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

If, however, we estimated ourselves aright, we should 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 when we are judged by the Lord, chastisement follows, to save us from being condemned along with the world.

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

Therefore, brethren, when you come together for this meal, 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 any one is hungry, let him eat at home; so that your coming together may not lead to judgement. The other matters I will deal with whenever I come.