1 Corinthians 11
1 You should imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.
Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Messiah.
2 I'm grateful that you always remember me and that you are keeping to the teachings just as I passed them on to you.
Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.
3 I do want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, the man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of Christ.
But I would have you know that the head of every man is Messiah, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Messiah is God.
4 A man's head is dishonored if he prays or prophesies with his head covered.
Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head.
5 A woman's head is dishonored if she prays or prophesies with her head uncovered—it's just as if she had her hair shaved off.
But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved.
6 If a woman's head is not covered, then she should have her head shaved. If it's scandalous for a woman to be shorn or shaven, then she should have her head covered.
For if a woman is not covered, let her hair also be cut off. But if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut off or be shaved, let her be covered.
7 A man shouldn't cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God, while the woman is the glory of the man.
For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.
8 Man didn't come from woman, but woman came from man;
For man is not from woman, but woman from man;
9 and man was not created for the woman, but the woman was created for the man.
for man wasn’t created for the woman, but woman for the man.
10 That's why the woman should have this sign of authority on her head out of respect for the watching angels.
For this cause the woman ought to have authority over her own head, because of the angels.
11 Even so, from the Lord's perspective, the woman is as essential as the man, and the man as essential as the woman.
Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.
12 As the woman came from the man, so the man comes from the woman—but more importantly everything comes from God.
For as woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God.
13 Judge for yourselves: is it appropriate for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
Judge for yourselves. Is it appropriate that a woman pray to God unveiled?
14 Doesn't nature itself indicate that a man with long hair disgraces himself?
Doesn’t even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?
15 However, a woman with long hair brings herself glory, because her hair is given to her as a covering.
But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her for a covering.
16 But if anyone wants to argue about this, we don't have any other custom than this, and neither do any other of God's churches.
But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God’s assemblies.
17 Now in giving you the instructions that follow I can't commend you, because when you meet together you cause more harm than good!
But in giving you this command I don’t praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.
18 First of all, I hear that when you have church meetings that you are split into different factions, and I believe there's some truth to this.
For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.
19 Of course such splits among you must happen so those who are genuine can prove themselves by their evidence!
For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.
20 When you meet together you're not really celebrating the Lord's Supper at all.
When therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat.
21 Some want to eat first before everyone else, leaving others hungry. Still others get drunk.
For in your eating each one takes his own supper first. One is hungry, and another is drunken.
22 Don't you have your own houses to eat and drink in? Do you look down on God's church, and humiliate those who are poor? What should I tell you? That you're doing really well? I have nothing good to say about you for doing this!
What, don’t you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God’s assembly and put them to shame who don’t have enough? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I don’t praise you.
23 For I received from the Lord what I passed on to you: the Lord Jesus on the night he was betrayed took some bread.
For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Yeshua on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.
24 After giving thanks, he broke the bread into pieces and said, “This bread is my body, which is given for you. Remember me by doing this.”
When he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “Take, eat. This is my body, which is broken for you. Do this in memory of me.”
25 In the same way he took the cup, after the meal, and said, “This cup is the new agreement sealed with my blood. Remember me when you drink it.
In the same way he also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me.”
26 For every time you eat this bread and drink from this cup you announce the Lord's death, until he returns.”
For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
27 So anyone who eats the bread or drinks from the Lord's cup in a dishonorable way will be guilty of doing wrong against the body and blood of the Lord.
Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord’s cup in a way unworthy of the Lord will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
28 Let each person examine themselves, and then let them eat the bread and drink from the cup.
But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
29 Those who eat and drink bring judgment on themselves if they don't recognize their relationship with the body of the Lord.
For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy way eats and drinks judgment to himself if he doesn’t discern the Lord’s body.
30 That's the reason why many of you are weak and sick, and some even have died.
For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.
31 However, if we really examined ourselves, we would not be judged like this.
For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn’t be judged.
32 But when we are judged, we are being disciplined by the Lord so that we won't be condemned along with the world.
But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
33 So my brothers and sisters, when you meet together to eat the Lord's Supper, wait for each other.
Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.
34 If anyone is hungry, then eat at home so that when you meet together you won't bring condemnation on yourselves. I'll give you more directions when I visit.
But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.
