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1 Be
imitators of me,
even as I
also am 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.
3 But
I would have
you know that
the head
of every man
is Christ, and
the head
of the woman
is man, and
the head
of Christ is
God.
4 Every
man praying or
prophesying, having
his head covered,
dishonors his head.
5 But
every woman
praying or
prophesying with
her head uncovered dishonors
her head. For
it is one
and the same
thing as if
she 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.
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.
8 For
man is not
from woman, but
woman from man;
9 for
man wasn’t created
for the woman,
but woman for
the man.
10 For
this cause the
woman ought to
have authority
over her own 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.
12 For
as woman came
from man, so
a man also
comes through a
woman; but all
things are from
God.
13 Judge
for yourselves. Is
it appropriate that
a woman pray
to God unveiled?
14 Doesn’t
even nature itself
teach you that
if a man has
long hair, it
is a dishonor 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.
16 But
if any man
seems to be
contentious, we
have no such
custom, neither do
God’s assemblies.
17 But
in giving you
this command
I don’t praise
you, because you
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 among you,
and I partly
believe it.
19 For
there also must
be factions among
you, that those
who are approved
may be revealed
among you.
20 When
therefore you
assemble yourselves
together, it is
not the Lord’s
supper that you
eat.
21 For
in your eating
each one takes
his own supper
first. 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.
23 For
I received from
the Lord that
which also I
delivered to you,
that the Lord
Jesus on the
night in which
he was betrayed
took bread.
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.”
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.”
26 For
as often as
you eat this bread
and drink this
cup, you proclaim
the Lord’s
death until he
comes.
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.
28 But
let a man examine
himself, and so
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
judgment to
himself if
he doesn’t discern
the Lord’s body.
30 For
this cause many
among you are weak
and sickly, and
not a few
sleep.
31 For
if we discerned
ourselves, we wouldn’t
be judged.
32 But
when we are
judged, we are
disciplined 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.
34 But
if anyone is
hungry, let him
eat at home,
lest your coming
together be for
judgment. The rest
I will set
in order whenever
I come.