1 Corinthians 11

1 Become followers of me, as I also [am] of Christ.

Be imitators of me, as I also am of 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 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 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.

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 the head covered, dishonors his head,

Every man praying or prophesying with his head covered disgraces 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,

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 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;

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 the head, being the image and glory of God, and a woman is the glory of a 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 a man is not of a woman, but a woman [is] of a man,

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

9 for also was a man not created because of the woman, but a woman because of the man;

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

10 because of this the woman ought to have [a token of] authority on the head, because of the messengers;

Therefore, 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,

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, so also the man [is] through the woman, and all the things [are] 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 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 unveiled?

14 Does not even nature itself teach you, that if a man indeed has long hair, it is a dishonor 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 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;

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 and if anyone thinks to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the assemblies of God.

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

17 And declaring this, I give no praise, because you do not come together 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, indeed, coming together in an assembly, I hear of divisions being 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 it is also necessary for sects to be among you, that those approved may become visible among you;

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

20 you, then, coming together at the same place—it is not to eat the LORD’s Dinner;

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

21 for each takes his own dinner before in the eating, and one is hungry, and another is drunk;

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

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!

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 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 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 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 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 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”;

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 may eat this bread, and may drink this cup, you show forth the death of the LORD—until He may come;

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

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:

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 and let a man be proving himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and let him drink of the 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 who is eating and drinking unworthily, he eats and drinks judgment to himself—not discerning the body of the LORD.

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

30 Because of this 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 were discerning ourselves, we would not be being judged,

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

32 and being judged by the LORD, we are disciplined, that we may 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 so then, my brothers, coming together to eat, wait for one another;

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