1 Corinthians 11

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold to the traditions just as I handed them on to you. But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is one and the same as being shaved. For if a woman does not cover her head, let her also have her hair cut short. But if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut short or shaved, let her cover her head. For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man. For man is not from woman, but woman from man. Nor was man created for woman, but woman for man. For this reason a woman ought to have authority over her head, because of the angels. Nevertheless, in the Lord neither is woman independent of man nor man independent of woman. For just as woman is from man, so man is born through woman, and all things are from God. Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? Does not nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him, but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her long hair has been given as a covering. But if anyone is inclined to be contentious, we have no such practice, nor do the churches of God. Now in giving these instructions I do not praise you, because you come together for the worse rather than for the better. For first of all, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you, and in part I believe it. For there must also be factions among you, so that those who are approved may become evident among you. So when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper. For in eating, each goes ahead with his own supper, and one is hungry while another is drunk. Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I do not praise you. For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you: that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread, and after giving thanks, broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way he also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For whenever you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. So whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sin against the body and blood of the Lord. But let a person examine himself, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For the one who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number have died. But if we judged ourselves, we would not be judged. But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world. So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that you may not come together for judgment. I will give instructions about the remaining matters when I come.

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