1 Corinthians 11

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

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

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

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.

3 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.

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.

4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head.

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

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

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.

6 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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For just as woman came into existence from man, so also does man exist through woman. But all things are from God.

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

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

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

Does not even nature herself teach you that, indeed, if a man grows his hair long, it is a disgrace for him?

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

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.

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

But if anyone has a mind to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor does the Church of God.

17 Now in this that I declare to you I praise you not, that you come together not for the better, but for the worse.

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

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

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.

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

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

20 When you come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper.

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

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

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

22 What? have you not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise 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.

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.

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

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,

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

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.”

25 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 you, as oft as you drink it, in remembrance of me.

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.”

26 For as often as you eat this bread, and drink this cup, you do show the Lord’s death till he come.

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

27 Why whoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

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.

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

But let a man examine himself, and, in this way, let him eat from that bread, and drink from that cup.

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

For whoever eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks a sentence against himself, not discerning it to be the body of the Lord.

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

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

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

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

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

Yet when we are judged, we are being corrected by the Lord, so that we might not be condemned along with this world.

33 Why, my brothers, when you come together to eat, tarry one for another.

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

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

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.