1 Corinthians 11

1 So take me for your example, even as I take Christ for mine.

Be ye followers of me, as I also am of Christ.

2 Now I am pleased to see that you keep me in memory in all things, and that you give attention to the teaching which was handed down from me to you.

Now I praise you, brethren, that in all things you are mindful of me: and keep my ordinances as I have delivered them to you.

3 But it is important for you to keep this fact in mind, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

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

4 Every man who takes part in prayer, or gives teaching as a prophet, with his head covered, puts shame on his head.

Every man praying or prophesying with his head covered, disgraceth his head.

5 But every woman who does so with her head unveiled, puts shame on her head: for it is the same as if her hair was cut off.

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head not covered, disgraceth her head: for it is all one as if she were shaven.

6 For if a woman is not veiled, let her hair be cut off; but if it is a shame to a woman to have her hair cut off, let her be veiled.

For if a woman be not covered, let her be shorn. But if it be a shame to a woman to be shorn or made bald, let her cover her head.

7 For it is not right for a man to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

The man indeed ought not to cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.

8 For the man did not come from the woman, but the woman from the man.

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

9 And the man was not made for the woman, but the woman for the man.

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

10 For this reason it is right for the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

Therefore ought the woman to have a power over her head, because of the angels.

11 But the woman is not separate from the man, and the man is not separate from the woman in the Lord.

But yet neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in the Lord.

12 For as the woman is from the man, so the man is through the woman; but all things are from God.

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

13 Be judges yourselves of the question: does it seem right for a woman to take part in prayer unveiled?

You yourselves judge: doth it become a woman, to pray unto God uncovered?

14 Does it not seem natural to you that if a man has long hair, it is a cause of shame to him?

Doth not even nature itself teach you, that a man indeed, if he nourish his hair, it is a shame unto 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 nourish her hair, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given to her for a covering.

16 But if any man will not be ruled in this question, this is not our way of doing things, and it is not done in the churches of God.

But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor the church of God.

17 But in giving you this order, there is one thing about which I am not pleased: it is that when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse.

Now this I ordain: not praising you, that you come together not for the better, but for the worse.

18 For first of all, it has come to my ears that when you come together in the church, there are divisions among you, and I take the statement to be true in part.

For first of all I hear that when you come together in the church, there are schisms among you; and in part I believe it.

19 For divisions are necessary among you, in order that those who have God's approval may be clearly seen among you.

For there must be also heresies: that they also, who are approved, may be made manifest among you.

20 But now, when you come together, it is not possible to take the holy meal of the Lord:

When you come therefore together into one place, it is not now to eat the Lord’s supper.

21 For when you take your food, everyone takes his meal before the other; and one has not enough food, and another is the worse for drink.

For every one taketh before his own supper to eat. And one indeed is hungry and another is drunk.

22 What? have you not houses to take your meals in? or have you no respect for the church of God, putting the poor to shame? What am I to say to you? am I to give you praise? certainly not.

What, have you not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the church of God; and put them to shame that have not? What shall I say to you? Do I praise you? In this I praise you not.

23 For it was handed down to me from the Lord, as I gave it to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night when Judas was false to him, took bread,

For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread.

24 And when it had been broken with an act of praise, he said, This is my body which is for you: do this in memory of me.

And giving thanks, broke, and said: Take ye, and eat: this is my body, which shall be delivered for you: this do for the commemoration of me.

25 In the same way, with the cup, after the meal, he said, This cup is the new testament in my blood: do this, whenever you take it, in memory of me.

In like manner also the chalice, after he had supped, saying: This chalice is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as often as you shall drink, for the commemoration of me.

26 For whenever you take the bread and the cup you give witness to the Lord's death till he comes.

For as often as you shall eat this bread, and drink the chalice, you shall shew the death of the Lord, until he come.

27 If, then, anyone takes the bread or the cup of the Lord in the wrong spirit, he will be responsible for the body and blood of the Lord.

Therefore whosoever shall eat this bread, or drink the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and of the blood of the Lord.

28 But let no man take of the bread and the cup without testing himself.

But let a man prove himself: and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of the chalice.

29 For a man puts himself in danger, if he takes part in the holy meal without being conscious that it is the Lord's body.

For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord.

30 For this cause a number of you are feeble and ill, and a number are dead.

Therefore are there many infirm and weak among you, and many sleep.

31 But if we were true judges of ourselves, punishment would not come on us.

But if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

32 But if punishment does come, it is sent by the Lord, so that we may be safe when the world is judged.

But whilst we are judged, we are chastised by the Lord, that we be not condemned with this world.

33 So then, my brothers, when you come together to the holy meal of the Lord, let there be waiting for one another.

Wherefore, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

34 If any man is in need of food, let him take his meal in his house; so that you may not come together to your damage. And the rest I will put in order when I come.

If any man be hungry, let him eat at home; that you come not together unto judgment. And the rest I will set in order, when I come.