1 Corinthians 11

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

Be my imitators, even as I also [am] of Christ.

2 Now I praise you, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.

Now I praise you, that in all things ye are mindful of me; and that as I have directed you, ye keep the directions.

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.

But I wish you to know that the Christ is the head of every man, but woman's head [is] the man, and the Christ's head God.

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

Every man praying or prophesying, having [anything] on his head, puts his head to shame.

5 But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved.

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered puts her own head to shame; for it is one and the same as a shaved [woman].

6 For if a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered.

For if a woman be not covered, let her hair also be cut off. But if [it be] shameful to a woman to have her hair cut off or to be shaved, let her be covered.

7 For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.

For man indeed ought not to have his head covered, being God's image and glory; but woman is man's glory.

8 For man is not from woman, but woman from man;

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

9 for neither was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.

For also man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman for the sake of the man.

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

Therefore ought the woman to have authority on her head, on account of the angels.

11 Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.

However, neither [is] woman without man, nor man without woman, in [the] Lord.

12 For as woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God.

For as the woman [is] of the man, so also [is] the man by the woman, but all things of God.

13 Judge for yourselves. Is it appropriate that a woman pray to God unveiled?

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

14 Doesn't even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?

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

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

But woman, if she have long hair, [it is] glory to her; for the long hair is given [to her] in lieu of a veil.

16 But if anyone seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God's churches.

But if any one think to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor the assemblies of God.

17 But in giving you this command, I do not praise you, that you come together not for the better but for the worse.

But [in] prescribing [to you on] this [which I now enter on], I do not praise, [namely, ] that ye come together, not for the better, but for the worse.

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

For first, when ye come together in assembly, I hear there exist divisions among you, and I partly give credit [to it].

19 For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.

For there must also be sects among you, that the approved may become manifest among you.

20 When therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat.

When ye come therefore together into one place, it is not to eat [the] Lord's supper.

21 For in your eating each one takes his own supper first. One is hungry, and another is drunk.

For each one in eating takes his own supper before [others], and one is hungry and another drinks to excess.

22 What, do you not have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God's church, and put them to shame who do not have? What should I tell you? Should I praise you? In this I do not praise you.

Have ye not then houses for eating and drinking? or do ye despise the assembly of God, and put to shame them who have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you? In this [point] I do not praise.

23 For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.

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,

24 When he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "This is my body, which is for you. Do this in memory of me."

and having given thanks broke [it], and said, This is my body, which [is] for you: this do in remembrance of me.

25 In the same way he also took the cup, after the meal, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me."

In like manner also the cup, after having supped, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood: this do, as often as ye shall drink [it], in remembrance of me.

26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

For as often as ye shall eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye announce the death of the Lord, until he come.

27 Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord's cup in a manner unworthy will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

So that whosoever shall eat the bread, or drink the cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty in respect of the body and of the blood of the Lord.

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

But let a man prove himself, and thus eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.

29 For he who eats and drinks eats and drinks judgment to himself, if he does not discern the body.

For [the] eater and drinker eats and drinks judgment to himself, not distinguishing the body.

30 For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.

On this account many among you [are] weak and infirm, and a good many are fallen asleep.

31 For if we discerned ourselves, we would not be judged.

But if we judged ourselves, so were we not judged.

32 But when we are judged, we are punished by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

But being judged, we are disciplined of [the] Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

33 Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait one for another.

So that, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait for one another.

34 But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.

If any one be hungry, let him eat at home, that ye may not come together for judgment. But the other things, whenever I come, I will set in order.