1 Corinthians 11

1 Follow my example, as I do that of Christ.

Be imitators of me, just as I am an imitator of Christ.

2 Now I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and hold fast the instructions, as I delivered them to you.

Now I praise you because you remember me in everything. I praise you because you hold fast to the traditions just as I delivered them to you.

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.

Now I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, that a man is the head of a woman, and that God is the head of Christ.

4 Every man that prayeth or prophesieth having his head covered, dishonoreth his head.

Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.

5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoreth her head; for it is one and the same thing as if her head were shaved.

But any woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head. For it is the same thing as if her head were shaved.

6 For if a woman is not veiled, let her also be shorn; but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be veiled.

For if a woman will not cover her head, she should cut her hair short. If it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or for her to shave her head, let her cover her head.

7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man;

For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of the man.

8 for the man is not from the woman, but the woman from the man;

For man was not made from woman. Instead, woman was made from man.

9 and the man was not created for the woman, but the woman for the man.

For neither was man created for woman. Instead, woman was created for man.

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

This is why the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

11 But neither is the woman without the man, nor the man without the woman, in the Lord.

Nevertheless, in the Lord, the woman is not independent from the man, nor is the man independent from the woman.

12 For as the woman is from the man, so also is the man by the woman; but all things from God.

For as the woman comes from the man, so does the man come from the woman. And all things come from God.

13 Judge in your own selves; is it comely that a woman pray to God uncovered?

Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that if a man have long hair, it is a shame to him,

Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace for him?

15 but that if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her? for her hair is given for a covering.

Does not nature teach you that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair has been given to her as a covering.

16 But if any one seemeth to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor the churches of God.

But if anyone wants to argue about this, we do not have any other practice, nor do the churches of God.

17 But I give you this charge, not praising you, because ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.

But in the following instructions, I do not praise you. For when you come together, it is not for the better but for the worse.

18 For in the first place, when ye come together in assembly of the church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it;

For in the first place, I hear that when you come together in the church, there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.

19 for there must be also parties among you, that they who are approved may also become manifest among you.

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

20 When ye come together then in the same place, there is no eating of the Lord's supper.

For when you come together, it is not the Lord's Supper that you eat.

21 For, when ye eat, every one taketh before any distribution his own supper, and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

When you eat, each one eats his own food before the others have their meal. One is hungry, and another becomes drunk.

22 What! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the church of God, and shame those who have nothing? What am I to say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I do not praise you.

Do you not have houses to eat and to drink in? Do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this!

23 For I received of the Lord, what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took a loaf,

For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night when he was betrayed, took bread.

24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, This is my body, which is for you; this do in remembrance of me.

After he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this to remember me.”

25 In like manner also the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new covenant, in my blood; this do, as oft as ye drink, in remembrance of me.

In the same way he took the cup after supper, and he said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this as often as you drink it, to remember me.”

26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye show forth the Lord's death, till he come.

For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

27 So that whoever eateth the bread or drinketh the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty with respect to the body and the blood of the Lord.

Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

28 But let a man examine himself, and thus let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup;

Let a person examine himself first, and in this way let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

29 for he that eateth and drinketh eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, if he do not discern the body.

For he who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment to himself.

30 For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and some are falling asleep.

That is why many among you are weak and ill, and some of you have fallen asleep.

31 But if we judged ourselves, we should not be judged;

But if we examine ourselves, we will not be judged.

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

But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined, so that we may not be condemned along with the world.

33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait for one another.

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

34 If any one hunger, let him eat at home; that ye may not come together to condemnation. And the rest I will set in order when I come.

If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that when you come together it will not be for judgment. And about the other things you wrote, I will give directions when I come.