1 CorinthiansChapter 11

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¹Follow my example, just as I follow the example of Christ. ²I praise you for remembering me in everything. You hold on to the teachings I passed on to you, just as I gave them. ³But I want you to understand this. The head of every man is Christ. The head of the woman is man. And the head of Christ is God. ⁴Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered brings shame on his head. ⁵And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered brings shame on her head. It is just as if her head were shaved. ⁶If a woman will not cover her head, she should cut her hair off. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head. ⁷A man should not cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of man. ⁸For man did not come from woman. Woman came from man. ⁹And man was not created for woman. Woman was created for man. ¹⁰That is why a woman should have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels. ¹¹But in the Lord, woman does not stand apart from man, and man does not stand apart from woman. ¹²For just as woman came from man, man is also born from woman. But everything comes from God. ¹³Judge for yourselves. Is it right for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? ¹⁴Doesn't nature itself teach you something? If a man has long hair, it is a shame to him. ¹⁵But if a woman has long hair, it is her glory. For long hair is given to her as a covering. ¹⁶Someone may want to argue about this. But we have no other practice, and neither do the churches of God. ¹⁷In these next teachings, I do not praise you. For when you meet together, it does more harm than good. ¹⁸First, I hear that when you meet as a church, there are splits among you. And I believe some of it. ¹⁹In fact, there have to be differences among you. They show which of you God approves. ²⁰So when you come together, it is not really the Lord's Supper you are eating. ²¹For when you eat, each of you goes ahead with your own meal and doesn't share. One person stays hungry, and another gets drunk. ²²Don't you have homes where you can eat and drink? Or do you look down on the church of God? Do you want to shame those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you for this? No, I will not! ²³For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you. On the night the Lord Jesus was betrayed, he took bread. ²⁴He gave thanks and broke it. Then he said, "This is my body, which is for you. Do this to remember me." ²⁵In the same way, after supper he took the cup. He said, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Every time you drink it, do this to remember me." ²⁶Every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you tell about the Lord's death until he comes. ²⁷So whoever eats the bread or drinks the Lord's cup in an unworthy way will be guilty. He will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. ²⁸Each person should look closely at himself before he eats the bread and drinks from the cup. ²⁹Anyone who eats and drinks without seeing the meaning of the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. ³⁰That is why many of you are weak and sick. And some of you have fallen asleep in death. ³¹But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged. ³²When the Lord judges us, he is training us. He does it so we will not be condemned along with the world. ³³So, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for each other. ³⁴If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home. Then your meetings will not bring judgment on you. When I come, I will give directions about the other things.