1 Corinthians 11

1 Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

BE ye imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

2 Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.

Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and hold fast the injunctions as I delivered them unto you.

3 But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

But I desire you to take notice that the head of every man is Christ; but the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head.

Every man praying or prophesying, holding a veil over his head, dishonoureth his head;

5 But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved.

but every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled, dishonoureth her head; for it is one and the same thing, as if she were shaven.

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 be shaved, let her be covered.

For if the woman be not veiled, let her hair be clipped: but if it would be scandalous for a woman to appear clipped or shaved, let her be veiled.

7 For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.

For a man indeed ought not to veil his head, being the image and the glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.

8 For man is not from woman, but woman from man;

For the man is not from the woman, but the woman from the man.

9 for man wasn’t created for the woman, but woman for the man.

Also the man was not created for the woman, but the woman for the man.

10 For this cause the woman ought to have authority over her own head, because of the angels.

Therefore ought the woman to retain upon her head this badge of authority, because of the angels of the churches.

11 Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.

Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man in the Lord.

12 For as woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God.

For as the woman was taken out of the man, so also is the man by the woman: but all things are of God.

13 Judge for yourselves. Is it appropriate that a woman pray to God unveiled?

Judge among yourselves, is it decent for a woman to be praying to God without a covering?

14 Doesn’t even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?

Does not even nature itself teach you, that if a man wear long flowing hair it is a dishonour to him?

15 But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her for a covering.

But if a woman let her hair flow, it is an ornament to her; for the hair was given her for a covering,

16 But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God’s assemblies.

But if any man mean to be contentious about it, we have no such custom, nor the churches of God.

17 But in giving you this command I don’t praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.

But in the matter I am going to denounce, I do not commend you, that ye meet together not for the better, but for the worse.

18 For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.

For in the first place, when ye assemble in the church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

19 For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.

For there must be heresies among you, that they who are the tried ones, may be made manifest among you.

20 When therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat.

When therefore ye assemble in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord’s supper.

21 For in your eating each one takes his own supper first. One is hungry, and another is drunken.

For one in the eating it taketh before another his own supper: and one is hungry, and another drinks to excess.

22 What, don’t you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God’s assembly and put them to shame who don’t have enough? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I don’t praise you.

What! have ye not houses to eat in and to drink? or despise ye the church of God, and make those ashamed who have none? What shall I say unto you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

23 For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.

For I received of the Lord what also I delivered to you, That the Lord Jesus, in the night in which he was betrayed, took a loaf:

24 When he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “Take, eat. This is my body, which is broken for you. Do this in memory of me.”

and when he had blessed it, he brake it, and said, Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for you: do this in remembrance of me.

25 In the same way he also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me.”

In like manner also he took the cup, after they had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do, as often as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew forth the death of the Lord till he come.

27 Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord’s cup in a way unworthy of the Lord will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

Wherefore, whosoever eateth of this bread, or drinketh the cup of the Lord unworthily, he is guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.

29 For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy way eats and drinks judgment to himself if he doesn’t discern the Lord’s body.

For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh condemnation to himself, not distinguishing the Lord’s body.

30 For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.

For this cause many are diseased and infirm among you, and some asleep in death.

31 For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn’t be judged.

For if we thoroughly judged ourselves, we should not be judged of the Lord.

32 But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

But being judged, we are corrected by the Lord, that we might not be condemned with the world.

33 Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

Wherefore, when ye meet together to eat the Lord’s supper, wait for one another.

34 But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.

And if any man be hungry, let him eat at home; that ye meet not together for condemnation. And the other matters I will regulate when I come.