1 Corinthians 11

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

Be ye followers of me, 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, brethren, that in all things you are mindful of me: and keep my ordinances as I have delivered them to you.

3 But I would have you know that the head of every man is Messiah, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Messiah is God.

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.

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

Every man praying or prophesying with his head covered, disgraceth his head.

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 not covered, disgraceth her head: for it is all one as if she were shaven.

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 be shorn. But if it be a shame to a woman to be shorn or made bald, let her cover her head.

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.

The man indeed ought not to cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.

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

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

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

For the man was not created for the woman, but the woman for 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 a power over her head, because of the angels.

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

But yet neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man, 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?

You yourselves judge: doth it become a woman, to pray unto God uncovered?

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

Doth not even nature itself teach you, that a man indeed, if he nourish his hair, it is a shame unto 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 if a woman nourish her hair, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given to her for a covering.

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

But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor the church 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.

Now this I ordain: not praising you, that you 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 of all I hear that when you come together in the church, there are schisms among you; and in part I believe it.

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

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

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

When you come therefore together into one place, it is not now 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 every one taketh before his own supper to eat. And one indeed is hungry and another is drunk.

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.

What, have you not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the church of God; and put them to shame that have not? What shall I say to you? Do I praise you? In this I praise you not.

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 have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, 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 giving thanks, broke, and said: Take ye, and eat: this is my body, which shall be delivered for you: this do for the commemoration 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 chalice, after he had supped, saying: This chalice is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as often as you shall drink, for the commemoration 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 you shall eat this bread, and drink the chalice, you shall shew 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.

Therefore whosoever shall eat this bread, or drink the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty 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 so let him eat of that bread, and drink of the chalice.

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

For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord.

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

Therefore are there many infirm and weak among you, and many sleep.

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

But if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

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

But whilst we are judged, we are chastised by the Lord, that we be not condemned with this world.

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

Wherefore, my brethren, when you 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 man be hungry, let him eat at home; that you come not together unto judgment. And the rest I will set in order, when I come.