1 Corinthians 11

1 Be my imitators, even as I also [am] of Christ.

Be all of you followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

2 Now I praise you, that in all things ye are mindful of me; and that as I have directed you, ye keep the directions.

Now I praise you, brethren, that all of you remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.

3 But I wish you to know that the Christ is the head of every man, but woman's head [is] the man, and the Christ's head 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 praying or prophesying, having [anything] on his head, puts his head to shame.

Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonours his head.

5 But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered puts her own head to shame; for it is one and the same as a shaved [woman].

But every woman that prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonours her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.

6 For if a woman be not covered, let her hair also be cut off. But if [it be] shameful to a woman to have her hair cut off or to be shaved, let her be covered.

For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.

7 For man indeed ought not to have his head covered, being God's image and glory; but woman is man's glory.

For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

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

For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man.

9 For also man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman for the sake of the man.

Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.

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

For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.

11 However, neither [is] woman without man, nor man without woman, in [the] Lord.

Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.

12 For as the woman [is] of the man, so also [is] the man by the woman, but all things of God.

For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.

13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman should pray to God uncovered?

Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?

14 Does not even nature itself teach you, that man, if he have long hair, it is a dishonour to him?

Does not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?

15 But woman, if she have long hair, [it is] glory to her; for the long hair is given [to her] in lieu of a veil.

But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.

16 But if any one think to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor the assemblies of God.

But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.

17 But [in] prescribing [to you on] this [which I now enter on], I do not praise, [namely, ] that ye come together, not for the better, but for the worse.

Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that all of you come together not for the better, but for the worse.

18 For first, when ye come together in assembly, I hear there exist divisions among you, and I partly give credit [to it].

For first of all, when all of you come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

19 For there must also be sects among you, that the approved may become manifest among you.

For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.

20 When ye come therefore together into one place, it is not to eat [the] Lord's supper.

When all of you come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper.

21 For each one in eating takes his own supper before [others], and one is hungry and another drinks to excess.

For in eating every one takes before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

22 Have ye not then houses for eating and drinking? or do ye despise the assembly of God, and put to shame them who have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you? In this [point] I do not praise.

What? have all of you not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise all of you the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

23 For I received from the Lord, that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus, in the night in which he was delivered up, took bread,

For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:

24 and having given thanks broke [it], and said, This is my body, which [is] for you: this do in remembrance of me.

And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.

25 In like manner also the cup, after having supped, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood: this do, as often as ye shall drink [it], in remembrance of me.

After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do all of you, as often as all of you drink it, in remembrance of me.

26 For as often as ye shall eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye announce the death of the Lord, until he come.

For as often as all of you eat this bread, and drink this cup, all of you do show the Lord's death till he comes.

27 So that whosoever shall eat the bread, or drink the cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty in respect of the body and of the blood of the Lord.

Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

28 But let a man prove himself, and thus eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

29 For [the] eater and drinker eats and drinks judgment to himself, not distinguishing the body.

For he that eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.

30 On this account many among you [are] weak and infirm, and a good many are fallen asleep.

For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

31 But if we judged ourselves, so were we not judged.

For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

32 But being judged, we are disciplined of [the] Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

33 So that, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait for one another.

Wherefore, my brethren, when all of you come together to eat, tarry one for another.

34 If any one be hungry, let him eat at home, that ye may not come together for judgment. But the other things, whenever I come, I will set in order.

And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that all of you come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.