1 Corinthians 11

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

Be imitators of me, just as I am an imitator 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 because you remember me in everything. I praise you because you hold fast to the traditions just 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.

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.

4 Every man praying or prophesying, having the head covered, doth dishonour his head,

Any man who prays or prophesies with 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 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.

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 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.

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 should not have his head covered, since 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 man was not made from woman. Instead, woman was made from man.

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

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

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

This is why the woman ought to have a symbol of authority 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, in the Lord, the woman is not independent from the man, nor is the man independent from the woman.

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

13 In your own selves judge ye; is it seemly for a woman uncovered to pray to God?

Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head 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 has long hair, it is a disgrace for 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;

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.

16 and if any one doth think to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the assemblies of God.

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

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

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.

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

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.

19 for it behoveth sects also to be among you, that those approved may become manifest among you;

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

20 ye, then, coming together at the same place — it is not to eat the Lord's supper;

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

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

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

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!

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!

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 received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night when 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.'

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

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.”

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

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:

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.

28 and let a man be proving himself, and so of the bread let him eat, and of the cup let him drink;

Let a person examine himself first, and in this way let him eat of the bread and drink of the 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 who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment to himself.

30 Because of this, among you many [are] weak and sickly, and sleep do many;

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

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

But if we examine ourselves, we will 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 by the Lord, we are disciplined, so that we may not be condemned along with the world.

33 so then, my brethren, coming together to eat, for one another wait ye;

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

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.