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. |