11:1 Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.
11:2 I praise you for remembering me in everything and for holding to the teachings, just as I passed them on to you.
11:3 Now I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
11:4 Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.
11:5 And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head–it is just as though her head were shaved.
11:6 If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off; and if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.
11:7 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.
11:8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man;
11:9 neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
11:10 For this reason, and because of the angels, the woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head.
11:11 In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.
11:12 For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.
11:13 Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
11:14 Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,
11:15 but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.
11:16 If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice–nor do the churches of God.
11:17 In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good.
11:18 In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it.
11:19 No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval.
11:20 When you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat,
11:21 for as you eat, each of you goes ahead without waiting for anybody else. One remains hungry, another gets drunk.
11:22 Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? Certainly not!
11:23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread,
11:24 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.”
11:25 In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
11:26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
11:27 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.
11:28 A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.
11:29 For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself.
11:30 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.
11:31 But if we judged ourselves, we would not come under judgment.
11:32 When we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
11:33 So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for each other.
11:34 If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you meet together it may not result in judgment. And when I come I will give further directions.
11:1 Be imitators of me, as I also am of Christ.
11:2 But I praise you because in all things you have remembered me and hold fast the things that I have handed down even as I handed them down to you.
11:3 But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of Christ.
11:4 Every man praying or prophesying with his head covered disgraces his head.
11:5 But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered disgraces her head; for it is one and the same as she who is shaved.
11:6 For if a woman is not covered, let her hair also be cut off; but if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut off or to be shaved, let her be covered.
11:7 For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is God s image and glory; but the woman is the glory of the man.
11:8 For man is not out of woman, but woman out of man;
11:9 For also man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman for the sake of the man.
11:10 Therefore the woman ought to have a sign of submission to authority on her head for the sake of the angels.
11:11 However neither is woman without man, nor man without woman, in the Lord.
11:12 For just as the woman is out from the man, so also is the man through the woman; but all things are out from God.
11:13 Judge this in your own selves: Is it fitting for a woman to pray uncovered to God?
11:14 Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him,
11:15 But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, because her long hair has been given to her for a covering.
11:16 But if anyone seems to be contentious, we do not have such a custom of being so, neither the churches of God.
11:17 But I give you this charge and do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.
11:18 For first of all, when you come together in the church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and some part of it I believe.
11:19 For there must even be parties among you, that those who are approved may become manifest among you.
11:20 When therefore you come together in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord s supper;
11:21 For in your eating, each one takes his own supper first, and one is hungry and the other is drunk.
11:22 Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and put those to shame who have not? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I do not praise you.
11:23 For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread,
11:24 And having given thanks, He broke it and said, This is My body, which is given for you; this do unto the remembrance of Me.
11:25 Similarly also the cup after they had dined, saying, This cup is the new covenant established in My blood; this do, as often as you drink it, unto the remembrance of Me.
11:26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you declare the Lord s death until He comes.
11:27 So then whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and of the blood of the Lord.
11:28 But let a man prove himself, and in this way let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
11:29 For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not discern the body.
11:30 Because of this many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep.
11:31 But if we discerned ourselves, we would not be judged.
11:32 But being judged by the Lord, we are disciplined that we may not be condemned with the world.
11:33 So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.
11:34 If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, that you may not come together for judgment. And the rest I will set in order when I come.