1 Corinthians 11
Christian Order
1 aBe imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ. 2Now bI praise you because you cremember me in everything and dhold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you. 3But I want you to understand that ▼▼ I.e. the Messiah
Christ is the fhead of every man, and gthe man is the head of a woman, and God is the hhead of ▼▼ I.e. the Messiah
Christ. 4Every man who has something on his head while praying or jprophesying disgraces his head. 5But every kwoman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for she is one and the same as the woman ▼▼ Lit who is shaved
whose head is mshaved. 6For if a woman does not cover ▼▼ Lit herself
her head, let her also ▼▼ Lit shear herself
have her hair cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to ▼▼ Lit shear herself
have her hair cut off or ▼▼ Lit herself
her head shaved, let her cover ▼▼ Lit herself
her head. 7For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the simage and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. 8For tman ▼▼ Lit is not from
does not originate from woman, but woman from man; 9for indeed man was not created for the woman’s sake, but vwoman for the man’s sake. 10Therefore the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. 11However, in the Lord, neither is woman ▼▼ Lit without
independent of man, nor is man ▼▼ Lit without
independent of woman. 12For as the woman ▼▼ Lit is
originates from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and zall things ▼▼ Lit are
originate abfrom God. 13 acJudge ▼▼ Lit in
for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? 14Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him, 15but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her for a covering. 16But if one is inclined to be contentious, aewe have no ▼▼ Lit such
other practice, nor have agthe churches of God. 17But in giving this instruction, ahI do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse. 18For, in the first place, when you come together ▼▼ Lit in church
as a church, I hear that ▼▼ Lit schisms
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akdivisions exist among you; and in part I believe it. 19For there almust also be factions among you, amso that those who are approved may become ▼▼ Or manifest
evident among you. 20Therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper, 21for in your eating each one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry and aoanother is drunk. 22What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the apchurch of God and aqshame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall arI praise you? In this I will not praise you. The Lord’s Supper
23For asI received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that atthe Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; 24and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” 25In the same way He took authe cup also after supper, saying, “This cup is the avnew covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” 26For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death awuntil He comes. 27Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be axguilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. 28But a man must ayexamine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly. 30For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number ▼▼ I.e. are dead
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basleep. 31But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged. 32But when we are judged, we are bbdisciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with bcthe world. 33So then, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. 34If anyone is bdhungry, let him eat beat home, so that you will not come together for judgment. The remaining matters I will bfarrange bgwhen I come.
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