1 Corinthians 11

1 Imitate me, as I myself imitate Christ.

Be imitators of me, even as I also 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 upon you.

Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even 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 would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

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

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

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

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were 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, let her keep her head covered.

For if a woman is not covered, let her hair also be cut off. But if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut off or be shaved, let her be covered.

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 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.

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

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

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

for man was not created for the woman, but 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 cause the woman ought to have authority over her own head, because of the angels.

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

Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of 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 woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God.

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

Judge for yourselves. Is it appropriate that a woman pray to God unveiled?

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

Does not even 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 covering.

16 If, however, any one still thinks it right to contest the point — well, we have no such custom, nor have the Churches of God.

But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God’s assemblies.

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

But in giving you this command I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.

18 To begin with, I hear you and, to some extent, I believe it.

For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.

19 Indeed, there must be actual parties among you, for so only will the men of real worth become known.

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

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

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

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 in your eating each one takes his own supper first. 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? Shall I praise you? In this matter I cannot praise you.

What, do not you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God’s assembly and put them to shame who do not have enough? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I do not praise you.

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 also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed 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.”

When he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “Take, eat. This is my body, which is broken for you. Do this in memory 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 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, in memory of me.”

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

For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

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

Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord’s cup in a way unworthy of the Lord will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

28 Let each man look into his 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 the bread and drink of the cup.

29 For the man who eats and drinks brings a judgment upon himself by his eating and drinking, when he does not discern the body.

For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy way eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not discern the Lord’s body.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

34 If a man is hungry, let him eat at home, so that your meetings may not bring a judgment upon you. The other details I will settle when I come.

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.