1 Corinthians 11

1 Be imitators of me, in so far as I in turn am an imitator of Christ.

Become imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

2 Now I commend you for remembering me in everything, and because you hold fast truths and practices precisely as I have taught them to you.

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

3 I would have you know, however, that of every man, Christ is the Head, that of a woman her husband is the Head, and that God is Christ's Head.

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 A man who wears a veil when praying or prophesying dishonors his Head;

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

5 but a woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her Head, for it is exactly the same as if she had her hair cut short.

And every woman who prays, or prophesies, with her head uncovered, dishonors her head. Besides, it is one and the same, with being shaved.

6 If a woman will not wear a veil, let her also cut off her hair. But since it is a dishonor to a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her wear a veil.

Wherefore, if a woman be not vailed, even let her be shorn: but, if it be shame for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be vailed.

7 For a man ought not to have a veil on his head, since he is the image and glory of God; while woman is the glory of man.

Now, man, indeed, ought not to cover the head, being the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man.

8 Man does not take his origin from woman, but woman takes hers from man.

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

9 For man was not created for woman's sake, but woman for man's.

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

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

For this reason, ought the woman to have a vail on her head, on account of the messengers.

11 Yet, in the Lord, woman is not independent of man nor man independent of woman.

However, neither is the man, without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in the Lord.

12 For just as woman originates from man, so also man comes into existence through woman, but everything springs originally from God.

Besides, as the woman is from the man, so also, the man is by the woman; but all from God.

13 Judge of this for your own selves: is it seemly for a woman to pray to God when she is unveiled?

Judge in yourselves, is it decent that a woman pray to God unvailed?

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

Does not even nature itself teach you that if, indeed, a man have long hair, it is a disgrace to him?

15 but that if a woman has long hair it is her glory, because her hair was given her for a covering?

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

16 But if any one is inclined to be contentious on the point, we have no such custom, nor have the Churches of God.

However, if any one resolve to be contentious, we have no such custom; neither the congregations of God.

17 But while giving you these instructions, there is one thing I cannot praise--your meeting together, with bad rather than good results.

Now, in declaring this, that you come together, not for the better, but for the worse, I do not praise you.

18 for, in the first place, when you meet as a Church, there are divisions among you. This is what I am told, and I believe that there is some truth in it.

For, first, indeed, I hear, that when you come together in the congregation, there are schisms among you; and I partly believe it.

19 For there must of necessity be differences of opinion among you, in order that it may be plainly seen who are the men of sterling worth among you.

For there must even be sects among you, that the approved among you may be made manifest.

20 When, however, you meet in one place, there is no eating the Supper of the Lord;

But your coming together into one place, is not to eat the Lord's supper.

21 for it is his own supper of which each of you is in a hurry to partake, and one eats like a hungry man, while another has already drunk to excess.

For, in eating it, every one takes first his own supper; and one, indeed, is hungry, and another is filled.

22 Why, have you no homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you wish to show your contempt for the Church of God and make those who have no homes feel ashamed? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this matter I certainly do not praise you.

What! have you not houses, to eat and to drink in? or, do you despise the congregation of God and put to shame those who have not? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this, I praise you not.

23 For it was from the Lord that I received the facts which, in turn, I handed on to you; how that the Lord Jesus, on the night He was to be betrayed, took some bread,

For I received from the Lord what, also, I delivered to you; that the Lord Jesus, in the night in which we was betrayed, took a loaf;

24 and after giving thanks He broke it and said, "This is my body which is about to be broken for you. Do this in memory of me."

and, having 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 In the same way, when the meal was over, He also took the cup. "This cup," He said, "is the new Covenant of which my blood is the pledge. Do this, every time that you drink it, in memory of me."

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

26 For every time that you eat this bread and drink from the cup, you are proclaiming the Lord's death--until He returns.

For as often as you eat this loaf, and drink this cup, you openly publish the death of the Lord, until he come.

27 Whoever, therefore, in an unworthy manner, eats the bread or drinks from the cup of the Lord sins against the body and blood of the Lord.

So, then, whosoever shall eat this loaf, and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

28 But let a man examine himself, and, having done that, then let him eat the bread and drink from the cup.

But let a man examine himself, and then let him eat of the loaf, and drink of the cup.

29 For any one who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgement to himself, if he fails to estimate the body aright.

For he who eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks judgment to himself, not distinguishing the body of the Lord.

30 That is why many among you are sickly and out of health, and why not a few die.

For this cause, many among you are weak and sick, and a considerable number are fallen asleep.

31 If, however, we estimated ourselves aright, we should not be judged.

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

32 But when we are judged by the Lord, chastisement follows, to save us from being condemned along with the world.

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

33 Therefore, brethren, when you come together for this meal, wait for one another.

Wherefore, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for each other.

34 If any one is hungry, let him eat at home; so that your coming together may not lead to judgement. The other matters I will deal with whenever I come.

And if any one hunger, let him eat at home, that you may not come together for judgment. And the other things I will set in order when I come.