1 Corinthians 11
1 Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.
2 I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions just as I passed them on to you.
3 But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, the man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of Christ.
4 Every man who prays or prophesies with something on his head dishonors his head.
5 But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is one and the same as being shaved.
6 For if a woman does not cover herself, let her also cut her hair; but if it is shameful for a woman to cut her hair or shave her head, let her cover herself.
7 For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man.
8 For man did not come from woman, but woman came from man.
9 And man was not created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man.
10 For this reason a woman ought to have authority over her head, because of the angels.
11 Nevertheless, in the Lord, woman is not independent of man, nor man of woman.
12 For just as woman came from man, so also man comes through woman; and all things come from God.
13 Judge for yourselves: Is it fitting for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
14 Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears his hair long, it is a disgrace to him,
15 but if a woman wears her hair long, it is her glory? For her hair has been given to her as a covering.
16 But if anyone wants to argue, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.
17 In giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because your meetings are for the worse, not the better.
18 For first of all, I hear that when you gather as a church there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it.
19 For there must also be factions among you, so that those who are approved may become known among you.
20 So when you gather in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper.
21 For as you eat, each one goes ahead with his own supper; one goes hungry while another gets drunk.
22 Do you not have homes for eating and drinking? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I do not praise you.
23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread.
24 And after giving 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, after supper he also took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
27 Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
28 Let each person examine himself, and then let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
29 For whoever eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.
30 That is why many among you are weak and ill, and quite a few have died.
31 But if we examined ourselves, we would not be judged.
32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we will not be condemned along with the world.
33 So then, my brothers and sisters, when you gather to eat, wait for one another.
34 If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that you do not gather for judgment. I will put the other matters in order when I come.
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