1 Corinthians 11
1 Be yee followers of mee, euen as I am of Christ.
Become imitators of me, —even as, I also, [am] of Christ.
2 Now brethren, I commend you, that ye remember all my things, and keepe the ordinances, as I deliuered them to you.
Now I praise you, that, in all things, ye have me in remembrance, and, even as I delivered unto you the instructions, ye hold them fast.
3 But I wil that ye know, that Christ is the head of euery man: and the man is the womans head: and God is Christs head.
But I wish you to know—that, the head of every man, is, the Christ, and, the head of a woman, is, the man; and, the head of the Christ, is, God.
4 Euery man praying or prophecying hauing any thing on his head, dishonoureth his head.
Every man, praying, or prophesying, having anything upon his head, putteth to shame his head;
5 But euery woman that prayeth or prophecieth bare headed, dishonoureth her head: for it is euen one very thing, as though she were shauen.
But, every woman, praying, or prophesying, with her head, unveiled, putteth to shame her head, —for it is, one and the same, with her having been shaven.
6 Therefore if the woman be not couered, let her also be shorne: and if it be shame for a woman to be shorne or shauen, let her be couered.
For, if a woman doth not veil herself, let her also be shorn; but, if it were a shame in a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be veiled.
7 For a man ought not to couer his head: for as much as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
For, a man, indeed, ought not to be veiling his head, being, the image and glory of God, —but, the woman, is the glory of man;
8 For the man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man.
For, man, is not, of woman, but, woman, of man;
9 For the man was not created for the womans sake: but the woman for the mans sake.
For also man was not created, for the sake of the woman, but woman, for the sake of the man.
10 Therefore ought the woman to haue power on her head, because of the Angels.
For this cause, ought the woman to have, permission, upon her head, because of the messengers.
11 Neuertheles, neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man in the Lord.
Howbeit, neither is woman apart from man, nor man apart from woman—in the Lord;
12 For as the woman is of the man, so is the man also by the woman: but all things are of God.
For, just as the woman is of the man, so, also the man, is through means of the woman; —but, all things, are of God.
13 Iudge in your selues, Is it comely that a woman pray vnto God vncouered?
Among your own selves, judge ye, —Is it becoming for a woman, —unveiled, to be praying unto God?
14 Doeth not nature it selfe teach you, that if a man haue long heare, it is a shame vnto him?
Doth not, even nature herself, teach you—that, if, a man, have long hair, it is a dishonour to him;
15 But if a woman haue long heare, it is a prayse vnto her: for her heare is giuen her for a couering.
But, if, a woman, have long hair, it is a glory to her, for, her long hair, instead of a veil, hath been given to her.
16 But if any man lust to be contentious, we haue no such custome, neither the Churches of God.
But, if anyone thinketh to be contentious, we, have no such custom, —nor yet the assemblies of God.
17 Nowe in this that I declare, I prayse you not, that ye come together, not with profite, but with hurt.
But, in giving you the following charge, I praise you not, —in that, not for the better, but for the worse, ye come together.
18 For first of all, when ye come together in the Church, I heare that there are dissentions among you: and I beleeue it to be true in some part.
For, first of all, —when ye come together in assembly, I hear that divisions among you exist, —and, in part, I believe it;
19 For there must be heresies euen among you, that they which are approoued among you, might be knowen.
For there must needs be, even parties among you, that, the approved, [themselves] may become manifest among you.
20 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eate the Lords Supper.
When, therefore, ye come together into one place, it is not to eat, a supper unto the Lord;
21 For euery man when they should eate, taketh his owne supper afore, and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
For, each one, taketh beforehand, his own supper, in your eating, and, one, indeed, is hungry, whereas, another, is drinking to excess.
22 Haue ye not houses to eate and to drinke in? despise ye the Church of God, and shame them that haue not? what shall I say to you? shall I prayse you in this? I prayse you not.
What! have ye not houses for your eating and drinking? or, the assembly of God, do ye despise, and, put to shame them who have nothing? What am I to say to you? Shall I praise you? In this, I praise you not.
23 For I haue receiued of the Lord that which I also haue deliuered vnto you, to wit, That the Lord Iesus in the night when he was betrayed, tooke bread:
For, I myself, received from the Lord—that which I also delivered unto you, —how that, the Lord Jesus, in the night in which he was being delivered up, took a loaf,
24 And when hee had giuen thankes, hee brake it, and sayde, Take, eate: this is my body, which is broken for you: this doe ye in remembrance of me.
And, giving thanks, brake it, and said—This, is my body, which is for you, —this, do ye, in remembrance of me;
25 After the same maner also he tooke the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the Newe Testament in my blood: this doe as oft as ye drinke it, in remembrance of me.
In the same manner, the cup also, after they had taken supper, saying—This cup, is, the new covenant in my blood, this, do ye, as often soever as ye may be drinking it, in remembrance of me.
26 For as often as ye shall eate this bread, and drinke this cup, ye shewe the Lords death till hee come.
For, as often as ye may be eating this loaf, and, the cup, may be drinking, The death of the Lord, do ye announce, until he come.
27 Wherefore, whosoeuer shall eate this bread, and drinke the cup of the Lord vnworthily, shall be guiltie of the body and blood of the Lord.
So that, whosoever may be eating the loaf, or drinking the cup of the Lord, in an unworthy manner, shall be responsible for the body and blood of the Lord.
28 Let euery man therefore examine himselfe, and so let him eate of this bread, and drinke of this cup.
But let a man be proving himself, —and, so, of the loaf, let him eat, and, of the cup, let him drink;
29 For he that eateth and drinketh vnworthily, eateth and drinketh his owne damnation, because he discerneth not the Lords body.
For, he that is eating and drinking, —judgment unto himself, doth eat and drink, —if he be not setting apart the body.
30 For this cause many are weake, and sicke among you, and many sleepe.
For this cause, many among you are weak and sickly; and, not a few, are falling asleep.
31 For if we would iudge our selues, we should not be iudged.
If, however, we had been setting, ourselves, apart, we had not, in that case, been coming under judgment;
32 But when we are iudged, we are chastened of the Lord, because we should not be condemned with the world.
But, being brought under judgment, by the Lord, are we being disciplined, lest, with the world, we should be condemned.
33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eate, tary one for another.
So then, my brethren, —when ye come together for the eating, unto one another, be giving welcome: —
34 And if any man be hungry, let him eate at home, that ye come not together vnto condemnation. Other things will I set in order when I come.
If anyone be hungry, at home, let him eat, lest, unto judgment, ye be coming together. And, the remaining things, whensoever I come, I will set in order.
