< 1 Corinthians 11 >

1 Become followers of me, as I also [am] of Christ.
You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.
2 And I praise you, brothers, that in all things you remember me, and according as I delivered to you, you keep the deliverances,
Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.
3 and I wish you to know that the Christ is the head of every man, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.
But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
4 Every man praying or prophesying, having the head covered, dishonors his head,
Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.
5 and every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered, dishonors her own head, for it is one and the same thing with her being shaven,
And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved.
6 for if a woman is not covered—then let her be shorn, and if [it is] a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven—let her be covered;
If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.
7 for a man, indeed, ought not to cover the head, being the image and glory of God, and a woman is the glory of a man,
A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.
8 for a man is not of a woman, but a woman [is] of a man,
For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.
9 for also was a man not created because of the woman, but a woman because of the man;
Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
10 because of this the woman ought to have [a token of] authority on the head, because of the messengers;
For this reason a woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.
11 but neither [is] a man apart from a woman, nor a woman apart from a man, in the LORD,
In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.
12 for as the woman [is] of the man, so also the man [is] through the woman, and all the things [are] of God.
For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.
13 Judge in your own selves: is it seemly for a woman to pray to God uncovered?
Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
14 Does not even nature itself teach you, that if a man indeed has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?
Doesn’t nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,
15 And a woman, if she has long hair, it is a glory to her, because the hair has been given to her instead of a covering;
but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.
16 and if anyone thinks to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the assemblies of God.
If anyone is inclined to dispute this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.
17 And declaring this, I give no praise, because you do not come together for the better, but for the worse;
In the following instructions I have no praise to offer, because your gatherings do more harm than good.
18 for first, indeed, coming together in an assembly, I hear of divisions being among you, and I partly believe [it],
First of all, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
19 for it is also necessary for sects to be among you, that those approved may become visible among you;
And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.
20 you, then, coming together at the same place—it is not to eat the LORD’s Dinner;
Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.
21 for each takes his own dinner before in the eating, and one is hungry, and another is drunk;
For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.
22 why, do you not have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise the Assembly of God, and shame those not having? What may I say to you? Will I praise you in this? I do not praise!
Don’t you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? No, I will 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 received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,
24 and having given thanks, He broke, and said, “Take, eat, this is My body that is being broken for you; do this—to the remembrance of Me.”
and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
25 In like manner also the cup after the supping, saying, “This cup is the New Covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you may drink [it]—to the remembrance of Me”;
In the same way, after supper He took the cup, 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 may eat this bread, and may drink this cup, you show forth the death of the LORD—until He may come;
For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.
27 so that whoever may eat this bread or may drink the cup of the LORD unworthily, he will be guilty of the body and blood of the LORD:
Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.
28 and let a man be proving himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and let him drink of the cup;
Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.
29 for he who is eating and drinking unworthily, he eats and drinks judgment to himself—not discerning the body of the LORD.
For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.
30 Because of this many [are] weak and sickly among you, and many sleep;
That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.
31 for if we were discerning ourselves, we would not be being judged,
Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.
32 and being judged by the LORD, we are disciplined, that we may not be condemned with the world;
But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
33 so then, my brothers, coming together to eat, wait for one another;
So, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.
34 and if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, that you may not come together to judgment; and the rest, whenever I may come, I will arrange.
If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you come together it will not result in judgment. And when I come, I will give instructions about the remaining matters.

< 1 Corinthians 11 >