1 Corinthians 11

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

Be all of you followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

2 Now I praise you, brothers, because you remember me in everything and hold fast to the teachings that have been handed down, just as I delivered them to you.

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

3 But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of woman is man, and the head of 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 who prays or prophesies with his head veiled disgraces his head,

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

5 and every woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled disgraces her head, for it is one and the same as having her head shaved.

But every woman that prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonours her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.

6 If a woman will not veil herself, she should cut off her hair. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to cut off her hair or shave her head, she should wear a veil.

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 ought not to have his head veiled, since he is the image and glory of God, but 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 did not come from woman, but woman from man.

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

9 Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man.

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

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

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

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

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

12 For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman, but all things come from God.

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

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

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

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

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

15 but if a woman has long hair it is her glory? For her long hair is given for a covering.

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 is inclined to be contentious, we have no such custom, and neither do the churches of God.

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

17 Now in giving the following instructions, I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better, but for the worse.

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

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

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

19 For there must be factions among you to show which of you are approved.

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

20 Now when you come together, it is not to eat the Lord's supper.

When all of you come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper.

21 For when you eat, some of you eat your own supper without waiting for others. So one person is hungry while another gets drunk.

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

22 What! Do you not have houses for eating and drinking? Or do you despise the church of God and put to shame those who do not have anything? What should I say to you? Should I praise you for this? I do not praise you.

What? have all of you not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise all of you 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 received from the Lord what I also 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 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “Take and eat this bread; this is my body, which is broken for you. Do this 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 way, he also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink 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 all of you, as often as all of you 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 all of you eat this bread, and drink this cup, all of you do show the Lord's death till he comes.

27 So then, whoever eats this bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in a manner unworthy of the Lord will be guilty of 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 So a person should examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.

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

29 For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment on himself, since he shows no regard for the body of the Lord.

For he that eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.

30 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a considerable number have fallen asleep.

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

31 If we would evaluate ourselves, we would not be judged.

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

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

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

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

Wherefore, my brethren, when all of you come together to eat, tarry one for another.

34 If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you come together it will not result in condemnation. I will set the remaining matters in order when I come.

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