1 Corinthians 11

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

Follow my example, as I do that 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 in all things ye remember me, and hold fast the instructions, as I delivered them to you.

3 But I would have you know that the head of every man is Messiah, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Messiah 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 praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonours his head.

Every man that prayeth or prophesieth having his head covered, dishonoreth his head.

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

But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoreth her head; for it is one and the same thing as if her head were shaved.

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 a woman is not veiled, let her also be shorn; but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, 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 cover his head, since he is the image and 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.

and 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.

For this cause the woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

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

But neither is the woman without the man, nor the man without the woman, 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 is from the man, so also is the man by the woman; but all things from God.

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

Judge in your own selves; is it comely that a woman pray to God uncovered?

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

Doth not even nature itself teach you, that if a man have long hair, it is a shame 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 that if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her? for her hair is given 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 one seemeth to be contentious, 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 I give you this charge, not praising you, because ye come 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 amongst you, and I partly believe it.

For in the first place, when ye come together in assembly of the church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it;

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

for there must be also parties among you, that they who are approved may also become manifest among you.

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

When ye come together then in the same place, there is no eating of the Lord's supper.

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

For, when ye eat, every one taketh before any distribution his own supper, and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

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 and to drink in? Or despise ye the church of God, and shame those who have nothing? What am I to say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I do not praise you.

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

For I received of the Lord, what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus, the same 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 given thanks, he broke it, and said, This is my body, which is for you; this do 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 the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new covenant, in my blood; this do, as oft as ye drink, 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 the cup, ye show forth the Lord's death, 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.

So that whoever eateth the bread or drinketh the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty with respect to the body and the 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 thus 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 judgement to himself if he doesn’t discern the Lord’s body.

for he that eateth and drinketh eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, if he do not discern the body.

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

For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and some are falling asleep.

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

But if we judged ourselves, we should not be judged;

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

but when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

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

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

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

If any one hunger, let him eat at home; that ye may not come together to condemnation. And the rest I will set in order when I come.