1 Corinthians 11

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

You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.

2 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.

Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.

3 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.

But I want you to understand 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 prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.

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

5 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.

And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved.

6 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.

If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.

7 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.

A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.

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

For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.

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

Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.

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

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

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

In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

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

For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.

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

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

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

Doesn’t nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,

15 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.

but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.

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

If anyone is inclined to dispute this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

17 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.

In the following instructions I have no praise to offer, because your gatherings do more harm than good.

18 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.

First of all, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.

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

And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.

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

Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.

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

For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.

22 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!

Don’t you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? No, I will not!

23 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.

For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,

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

and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

25 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.”

In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

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

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

27 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.

Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.

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

Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.

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

For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.

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

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

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

Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.

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

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

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

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

34 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.

If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you come together it will not result in judgment. And when I come, I will give instructions about the remaining matters.