1 Corinthians 11

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Roles in Worship

¹You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.

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

²Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.

²Now I commend you because you have remembered me in all things, and you hold fast the traditions just as I delivered them to you.

³But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

³But I want you to 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.

⁴Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.

⁴Every man praying or prophesying having anything on his head dishonors his head.

⁵And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved.

⁵And every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered dishonors her head; for it is one and the same with having been shaven.

⁶If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.

⁶For if a woman does not cover her head, also let her be shorn. And if it is shameful to a woman to be shorn or to be shaven, let her cover her head.

⁷A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.

⁷For indeed a man ought not to cover the head, being the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.

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

⁸For man is not of woman, but woman of man.

⁹Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.

⁹For also man was not created because of the woman, but woman because of the man.

¹⁰For this reason a woman ought to have a sign of authority on^a her head, because of the angels.

¹⁰Because of this, the woman ought to have authority on the head, because of the angels.

¹¹In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

¹¹However, neither is woman apart from man, nor man apart from woman in the Lord.

¹²For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.

¹²For just as the woman is of the man, so also the man is through the woman. And all things are of God.

¹³Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

¹³Judge in yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God uncovered?

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

¹⁴Does not even nature itself teach you that indeed if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,

¹⁵but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.

¹⁵but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For the long hair instead of a covering is given to her.

¹⁶If anyone is inclined to dispute this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

¹⁶Now if anyone thinks to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.

Sharing in the Lord’s Supper

¹⁷In the following instructions I have no praise to offer, because your gatherings do more harm than good.

¹⁷Now in this instructing, I do not praise you, because not for the better, but for the worse, do you come together.

¹⁸First of all, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.

¹⁸For first indeed, on your coming together in an assembly, I hear there to be divisions among you, and in part I believe it.

¹⁹And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.

¹⁹For also it is necessary for there to be factions among you, so that also the ones approved should become evident among you.

²⁰Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.

²⁰Therefore, on your coming together in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord’s supper.

²¹For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal.^a While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.

²¹For in eating, each takes first his own supper. And indeed this one is hungry, but that one is drunk.

²²Don’t you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? No, I will not!

²²What! Have you no houses in which to eat and to drink? Or do you despise the church of God and put to shame those not having? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I do not praise you!

²³For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,

²³For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus, in the night in which He was delivered up, took bread,

²⁴and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you;^a do this in remembrance of Me.”

²⁴and having given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this to the remembrance of Me.”

²⁵In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

²⁵Likewise also the cup after having supped, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you may drink it, to the remembrance of Me.”

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

²⁶For as often as you may eat this bread and may drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until He should come.

²⁷Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the^a body and blood of the Lord.

²⁷Therefore, whoever may eat the bread or may drink the cup of the Lord unworthily will be guilty of the body and of the blood of the Lord.

²⁸Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.

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

²⁹For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body^a eats and drinks judgment on himself.

²⁹For the one eating and drinking, not discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself.

³⁰That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.

³⁰Because of this, many are weak and sick among you, and many are fallen asleep.

³¹Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.

³¹For if we were discerning of ourselves, we would not be being judged.

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

³²But being judged by the Lord, we are disciplined, so that we should not be condemned with the world.

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

³³So then, my brothers, in coming together in order to eat, wait for one another.

³⁴If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you come together it will not result in judgment. And when I come, I will give instructions about the remaining matters.

³⁴If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that you may not come together for judgment; and I will prescribe the other things as soon as I shall come.