1 Corinthians 11

1 Followers of me become ye, as I also [am] of Christ.

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

2 And I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and according as I did deliver to you, the deliverances ye keep,

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

3 and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, 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 praying or prophesying, having the head covered, doth dishonour his head,

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

5 and every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered, doth dishonour her own head, for it is one and the same thing with her being shaven,

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

6 for if a woman is not covered — then let her be shorn, and if [it is] a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven — let her be covered;

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 cover the head, being the image and glory of God, and a woman is the glory of a man,

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

8 for a man is not of a woman, but a woman [is] of a man,

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

9 for a man also was not created because of the woman, but a woman because of the man;

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

10 because of this the woman ought to have [a token of] authority upon the head, because of the messengers;

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

11 but neither [is] a man apart from a woman, nor a woman apart from a man, in the Lord,

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

12 for as the woman [is] of the man, so also the man [is] through the woman, and the 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 In your own selves judge ye; is it seemly for a woman uncovered to pray to God?

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

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

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

15 and a woman, if she have long hair, a glory it is to her, because the hair instead of a covering 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 and if any one doth think to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the assemblies of God.

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

17 And this declaring, I give no praise, because not for the better, but for the worse ye come together;

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

18 for first, indeed, ye coming together in an assembly, I hear of divisions being among you, and partly I believe [it],

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

19 for it behoveth sects also to be among you, that those approved 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 ye, then, coming together at the same place — it is not to eat the Lord's supper;

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

21 for each his own supper doth take before in the eating, and one is hungry, and another is drunk;

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

22 why, have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or the assembly of God do ye despise, and shame those not having? what may I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I do not praise!

What? have you not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise 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 — I received from the Lord that which also I did deliver to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was delivered up, took bread,

For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:

24 and having given thanks, he brake, and said, 'Take ye, eat ye, this is my body, that for you is being broken; this do ye — to the remembrance of me.'

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

25 In like manner also the cup after the supping, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood; this do ye, as often as ye may drink [it] — to the 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 you, as oft as you drink it, in remembrance of me.

26 for as often as ye may eat this bread, and this cup may drink, the death of the Lord ye do shew forth — till he may come;

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

27 so that whoever may eat this bread or may drink the cup of the Lord unworthily, guilty he shall be of the body and blood of the Lord:

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

28 and let a man be proving himself, and so of the bread 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 who is eating and drinking unworthily, judgment to himself he doth eat and drink — not discerning 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 Because of this, among you many [are] weak and sickly, and sleep do many;

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

31 for if ourselves we were discerning, we would not be being judged,

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

32 and being judged by the Lord, we are chastened, that with the world we may not 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, coming together to eat, for one another wait ye;

Why, my brothers, when you come together to eat, tarry one for another.

34 and if any one is hungry, at home let him eat, that to judgment ye may not come together; and the rest, whenever I may come, I shall arrange.

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