1 Corinthians 11
1 Become followers of me, as I also [am] of Christ.
Be imitators of me, in so far as I in turn am an imitator 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 commend you for remembering me in everything, and because you hold fast truths and practices precisely as I have taught them 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.
I would have you know, however, that of every man, Christ is the Head, that of a woman her husband is the Head, and that God is Christ's Head.
4 Every man praying or prophesying, having the head covered, dishonors his head,
A man who wears a veil when praying or prophesying 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,
but a woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her Head, for it is exactly the same as if she had her hair cut short.
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 will not wear a veil, let her also cut off her hair. But since it is a dishonor to a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her wear a veil.
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,
For a man ought not to have a veil on his head, since he is the image and glory of God; while woman is the glory of man.
8 for a man is not of a woman, but a woman [is] of a man,
Man does not take his origin from woman, but woman takes hers from man.
9 for also was a man not created because of the woman, but a woman because of the man;
For man was not created for woman's sake, but woman for man's.
10 because of this the woman ought to have [a token of] authority on the head, because of the messengers;
That is why a woman ought to have on her head a symbol of subjection, 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, in the Lord, woman is not independent of man nor 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 originates from man, so also man comes into existence through woman, but everything springs originally from God.
13 Judge in your own selves: is it seemly for a woman to pray to God uncovered?
Judge of this for your own selves: is it seemly for a woman to pray to God when she is 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 Nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair it is a dishonor 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, because her hair was given her for a covering?
16 and if anyone thinks to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the assemblies of God.
But if any one is inclined to be contentious on the point, we have no such custom, nor have 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;
But while giving you these instructions, there is one thing I cannot praise--your meeting together, with bad rather than good results.
18 for first, indeed, coming together in an assembly, I hear of divisions being among you, and I partly believe [it],
for, in the first place, when you meet as a Church, there are divisions among you. This is what I am told, and I believe that there is some truth in it.
19 for it is also necessary for sects to be among you, that those approved may become visible among you;
For there must of necessity be differences of opinion among you, in order that it may be plainly seen who are the men of sterling worth among you.
20 you, then, coming together at the same place—it is not to eat the LORD’s Dinner;
When, however, you meet in one place, there is no eating the Supper of the Lord;
21 for each takes his own dinner before in the eating, and one is hungry, and another is drunk;
for it is his own supper of which each of you is in a hurry to partake, and one eats like a hungry man, while another has already drunk to excess.
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!
Why, have you no homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you wish to show your contempt for the Church of God and make those who have no homes feel ashamed? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this matter I certainly do not praise you.
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 it was from the Lord that I received the facts which, in turn, I handed on to you; how that the Lord Jesus, on the night He was to be betrayed, took some 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 after giving thanks He broke it and said, "This is my body which is about to be broken for you. Do this in memory 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, when the meal was over, He also took the cup. "This cup," He said, "is the new Covenant of which my blood is the pledge. Do this, every time that you drink it, in memory 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 every time that you eat this bread and drink from the cup, you are proclaiming the Lord's death--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:
Whoever, therefore, in an unworthy manner, eats the bread or drinks from the cup of the Lord sins 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;
But let a man examine himself, and, having done that, then let him eat the bread and drink from 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 any one who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgement to himself, if he fails to estimate the body aright.
30 Because of this many [are] weak and sickly among you, and many sleep;
That is why many among you are sickly and out of health, and why not a few die.
31 for if we were discerning ourselves, we would not be being judged,
If, however, we estimated ourselves aright, we should not be judged.
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, chastisement follows, to save us from being condemned along with the world.
33 so then, my brothers, coming together to eat, wait for one another;
Therefore, brethren, when you come together for this meal, 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 any one is hungry, let him eat at home; so that your coming together may not lead to judgement. The other matters I will deal with whenever I come.
