1 Corinthians 11

1 Become imitators of me, —even as, I also, [am] of Christ.

BE ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

2 Now I praise you, that, in all things, ye have me in remembrance, and, even as I delivered unto you the instructions, ye hold them fast.

Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.

3 But I wish you to know—that, the head of every man, is, the Christ, and, the head of a woman, is, the man; and, the head of the Christ, 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 anything upon his head, putteth to shame his head;

Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.

5 But, every woman, praying, or prophesying, with her head, unveiled, putteth to shame her head, —for it is, one and the same, with her having been shaven.

But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.

6 For, if a woman doth not veil herself, let her also be shorn; but, if it were a shame in a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be veiled.

For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.

7 For, a man, indeed, ought not to be veiling his head, being, the image and glory of God, —but, the woman, is the glory of man;

For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

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

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

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

Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.

10 For this cause, ought the woman to have, permission, upon her head, because of the messengers.

For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.

11 Howbeit, neither is woman apart from man, nor man apart from woman—in the Lord;

Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.

12 For, just as the woman is of the man, so, also the man, is through means of the woman; —but, all things, are of God.

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

13 Among your own selves, judge ye, —Is it becoming for a woman, —unveiled, to be praying unto God?

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

14 Doth not, even nature herself, teach you—that, if, a man, have long hair, it is a dishonour to him;

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

15 But, if, a woman, have long hair, it is a glory to her, for, her long hair, instead of a veil, hath been given to her.

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

16 But, if anyone thinketh to be contentious, we, have no such custom, —nor yet the assemblies of God.

But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.

17 But, in giving you the following charge, I praise you not, —in that, not for the better, but for the worse, ye come together.

Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.

18 For, first of all, —when ye come together in assembly, I hear that divisions among you exist, —and, in part, I believe it;

For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

19 For there must needs be, even parties among you, that, the approved, [themselves] may become manifest among you.

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

20 When, therefore, ye come together into one place, it is not to eat, a supper unto the Lord;

When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper.

21 For, each one, taketh beforehand, his own supper, in your eating, and, one, indeed, is hungry, whereas, another, is drinking to excess.

For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

22 What! have ye not houses for your eating and drinking? or, the assembly of God, do ye despise, and, put to shame them who have nothing? What am I to say to you? Shall I praise you? In this, I praise you not.

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

23 For, I myself, received from the Lord—that which I also delivered unto you, —how that, the Lord Jesus, in the night in which he was being delivered up, took a loaf,

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 And, giving thanks, brake it, and said—This, is my body, which is for you, —this, do ye, in remembrance of me;

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

25 In the same manner, the cup also, after they had taken supper, saying—This cup, is, the new covenant in my blood, this, do ye, as often soever as ye may be drinking it, in remembrance of me.

After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

26 For, as often as ye may be eating this loaf, and, the cup, may be drinking, The death of the Lord, do ye announce, until he come.

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

27 So that, whosoever may be eating the loaf, or drinking the cup of the Lord, in an unworthy manner, shall be responsible for the body and blood of the Lord.

Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

28 But let a man be proving himself, —and, so, of the loaf, let him eat, and, of the cup, let him drink;

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

29 For, he that is eating and drinking, —judgment unto himself, doth eat and drink, —if he be not setting apart the body.

For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.

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

For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

31 If, however, we had been setting, ourselves, apart, we had not, in that case, been coming under judgment;

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

32 But, being brought under judgment, by the Lord, are we being disciplined, lest, with the world, we should be condemned.

But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

33 So then, my brethren, —when ye come together for the eating, unto one another, be giving welcome: —

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

34 If anyone be hungry, at home, let him eat, lest, unto judgment, ye be coming together. And, the remaining things, whensoever I come, I will set in order.

And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.