1 Corinthians 11

1 Imitate me, as I myself imitate Christ.

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

2 I praise you, indeed, because you never forget me, and are keeping my injunctions in mind, exactly as I laid them on you.

Now, I praise you, brethren, because you remember me in all things, and keep the traditions as I delivered them to you.

3 But I am anxious that you should understand that the Christ is the head of every man, that man is the head of woman, and that God is the head of the Christ.

But I wish you to know, that the head of every man is the Christ, and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

4 Any man who keeps his head covered, when praying or preaching in public, dishonors him who is his head;

Every man that prays or prophesies, having his head covered, dishonors his head.

5 while any woman, who prays or preaches in public bare-headed, dishonors him who is her head; for that is to make herself like one of the shameless women who shave their heads.

But every woman that prays or prophesies with her head uncovered, dishonors her head: for it is one and the same as if she was shaved.

6 Indeed, if a woman does not keep her head covered, she may as well cut her hair short. But, since to cut her hair short, or shave it off, marks her as one of the shameless women, she should keep her head covered.

For if a woman has no vail on, let her also be shaved. But if it is a shame to a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her have a vail.

7 A man ought not to have his head covered, for he has been from the beginning the likeness of God and the reflection of his glory, but woman is the reflection of man’s glory.

For a man ought not to vail his head, because he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.

8 For it was not man who was taken from woman, but woman who was taken from man.

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

9 Besides, man was not created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man.

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

10 And, therefore, a woman ought to wear on her head a symbol of her subjection, because of the presence of the angels.

For this reason ought the woman to have a token of subjection on her head, on account of the angels.

11 Still, when in union with the Lord, woman is not independent of man, or man of woman;

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

12 for just as woman came from man, so man comes by means of woman; and all things come from God.

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

13 Judge for yourselves. Is it fitting that a woman should pray to God in public with her head uncovered?

Judge in yourselves, whether it is becoming that a woman pray to God unvailed.

14 Does not nature herself teach us that, while for a man to wear his hair long is degrading to him,

Does not nature itself teach you, that, if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?

15 a woman’s long hair is her glory? Her hair has been given her to serve as a covering.

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

16 If, however, anyone still thinks it right to contest the point – well, we have no such custom, nor have the churches of God.

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

17 In giving directions on the next subject, I cannot praise you; because your meetings do more harm than good.

But I praise you not in this, which I now mention, that you come together, not for the better, but for the worse.

18 To begin with, I am told that when you meet together as a church there are divisions among you. In part I believe this,

For, in the first place, when you come together in the church, I hear that there are schisms among you, and I partly believe it:

19 indeed, there must be parties among you, so that the people of real worth become known.

for there must be sects among you, that the approved may be made known among you.

20 When you meet together, as I understand, it is not possible to eat the Lord’s Supper;

When, therefore, you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord’s supper;

21 for, as you eat, each of you tries to secure his own supper first, with the result that one has too little to eat, and another has too much to drink!

for each one, in eating, takes before another, his own supper; and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

22 Have you no houses in which you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show your contempt for the church of God, and to humiliate the poor? What can I say to you? Should I praise you? In this matter I cannot praise you.

What, have you not houses in which to eat and drink? or do you despise the church of God, and put those to shame who have nothing to eat? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

23 For I myself received from the Lord the account which I have in turn given to you – how the Lord Jesus, on the very night of his betrayal, took some bread,

For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: That the Lord Jesus, on the night in which he was delivered up, took bread;

24 and, after saying the thanksgiving, broke it and said “This is my own body given on your behalf. Do this in memory of me.”

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

25 And in the same way with the cup, after supper, saying “This cup is the new covenant made by my blood. Do this, whenever you drink it, in memory of me.”

In like manner also, the cup, after he had supped, saying: This cup is the new covenant in my blood: do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.

26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death – until he comes.

For as often as you eat this bread, and drink this cup, you do show the Lord’s death till he come.

27 Therefore, whoever eats the bread, or drinks the Lord’s cup, in an irreverent spirit, will have to answer for an offense against the Lord’s body and blood.

Wherefore he that eats this bread, or drinks this cup of the Lord, in an improper manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

28 Let everyone look into their own heart, and only then eat of the bread and drink from the cup.

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of this bread, and drink of this cup:

29 For the person who eats and drinks brings a judgment on themselves by their eating and drinking, when they do not discern the body.

for he that eats and drinks in an improper manner, eats and drinks condemnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.

30 That is why so many among you are weak and ill, and why some are sleeping.

For this reason, many among you are weak and sick, and many sleep.

31 But, if we judged ourselves rightly, we should not be judged.

For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged;

32 Yet, in being judged by the Lord, we are undergoing discipline, so that we may not have judgment passed on us with the rest of the world.

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

33 Therefore, my friends, when you meet together to eat the Supper, wait for one another.

Wherefore, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another:

34 If anyone is hungry, they should eat at home, so that your meetings may not bring a judgment on you. The other details I will settle when I come.

and if any one is hungry, let him eat at home, that you come not together for condemnation. But other things I will set in order when I come.