1Corinthians - Chapter 11 | English Standard Version

  • 1. Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.
  • 2. Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you.
  • 3. But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.
  • 4. Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head,
  • 5. but every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head--it is the same as if her head were shaven.
  • 6. For if a wife will not cover her head, then she should cut her hair short. But since it is disgraceful for a wife to cut off her hair or shave her head, let her cover her head.
  • 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 was not made from woman, but woman from man.
  • 9. Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
  • 10. That is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.
  • 11. Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man nor man of woman;
  • 12. for as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman. And all things are from God.
  • 13. Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a wife to pray to God with her head uncovered?
  • 14. Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace for him,
  • 15. but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering.
  • 16. If anyone is inclined to be contentious, we have no such practice, nor do the churches of God.
  • 17. But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse.
  • 18. For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part,
  • 19. for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.
  • 20. When you come together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat.
  • 21. For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal. One goes hungry, another gets drunk.
  • 22. What! Do you not have houses 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 commend you in this? No, I will not.
  • 23. For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread,
  • 24. and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, {cf6 "This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me."}
  • 25. In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, {cf6 "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me."}
  • 26. For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.
  • 27. Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord.
  • 28. Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
  • 29. For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.
  • 30. That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died.
  • 31. But if we judged ourselves truly, we would not be judged.
  • 32. 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 brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another--
  • 34. if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home--so that when you come together it will not be for judgment. About the other things I will give directions when I come.
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