1 Corinthians 11–12

CHAPTER 11

^1aBe imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.

Head Coverings

²Now ^aI praise you because you ^bremember me in everything and ^chold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.

³But I want you to understand that ¹Christ is the ^ahead of every man, and ^bthe man is the head of a woman, and God is the ^chead of ²Christ.

⁴Every man who has something on his head while praying or ^aprophesying, shames his head.

⁵But every ^awoman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying, shames her head, for she is one and the same as the woman ¹whose head is ^bshaved.

⁶For if a woman does not cover ¹her head, let her also ²have her hair cut short. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to ³have her hair cut short or ⁴her head shaved, let her cover ⁵her head.

⁷For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the ^aimage and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of man.

⁸For ^aman ¹does not originate from woman, but woman from man.

⁹For indeed man was not created for the woman’s sake, but ^awoman for the man’s sake.

¹⁰Therefore the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

¹¹Nevertheless, in the Lord, neither is woman ¹independent of man, nor is man ²independent of woman.

¹²For as the woman ¹originates from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman, but ^aall things ²originate ^bfrom God.

^13aJudge ¹for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

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

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

¹⁶But if one is inclined to be contentious, ^awe have no ¹other practice, nor have ^bthe churches of God.

The Lord’s Supper

¹⁷But in giving this instruction, ^aI do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.

¹⁸For, in the first place, when you come together ¹as a church, I hear that ^2adivisions exist among you, and in part I believe it.

¹⁹For there ^amust also be factions among you, ^bso that those who are approved may become ¹evident among you.

²⁰Therefore when you meet together in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper,

²¹for in your eating each one takes his own supper first, and one is hungry and ^aanother is drunk.

²²For do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the ^achurch of God and ^bshame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall ^cI praise you? In this I will not praise you.

²³For ^aI received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that ^bthe Lord Jesus in the night in which He was being betrayed took bread,

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

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

²⁶For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord ^auntil He comes.

²⁷Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be ^aguilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

²⁸But a man must ^atest himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

²⁹For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly.

³⁰For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number ^1asleep.

³¹But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged.

³²But when we are judged, we are ^adisciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with ^bthe world.

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

³⁴If anyone is ^ahungry, let him eat ^bat home, so that you will not come together for judgment. The remaining matters I will ^cdirect ^dwhen I come.

CHAPTER 12

Concerning Spiritual Gifts

¹Now concerning ^aspiritual gifts, brothers, ^bI do not want you to be ignorant.

^2aYou know that when you were pagans, you were ^bbeing led astray to the ^cmute idols, however you were led.

³Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking ^1aby the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is ^2baccursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is ^cLord,” except ^3dby the Holy Spirit.

⁴Now there are ^avarieties of gifts, but the same Spirit.

⁵And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord.

⁶And there are varieties of workings, but the same ^aGod who works everything in everyone.

⁷But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit ^afor what is profitable.

⁸For to one is given the word of ^awisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of ^bknowledge according to the same Spirit;

⁹to someone else ^afaith ¹by the same Spirit, and to another ^bgifts of ²healing ³by the one Spirit,

¹⁰and to another the workings of ^amiracles, and to another ^bprophecy, and to another the ^1cdistinguishing of spirits, to someone else various ^dkinds of tongues, and to another the ^2etranslation of tongues.

¹¹But one and the same Spirit works all these things, ^adistributing to each one individually just as He wills.

¹²For even ^aas the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, ^bso also is Christ.

¹³For also ^1aby one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether ^bJews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to ^cdrink of one Spirit.

¹⁴For also ^athe body is not one member, but many.

¹⁵If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason ¹any the less a part of the body.

¹⁶And if the ear says, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason ¹any the less a part of the body.

¹⁷If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?

¹⁸But now God has ^aappointed the members, each one of them, in the body, ^bjust as He desired.

¹⁹And if they were all one member, where would the body be?

²⁰But now ^athere are many members, but one body.

²¹And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; or again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”

²²On the contrary, how much more is it that the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary,

²³and those members of the body which we think as less honorable, ¹on these we bestow more abundant honor, and our less presentable members become much more presentable,

²⁴whereas our more presentable members have no such need. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that member which lacked,

²⁵so that there may be no ¹division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.

²⁶And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is ¹honored, all the members rejoice with it.

²⁷Now you are ^aChrist’s body, and ^bindividually members of it.

²⁸And God has ^1aappointed in ^bthe church, first ^capostles, second ^dprophets, third ^eteachers, then ^2fmiracles, then ^ggifts of healings, helps, ^hadministrations, various ⁱkinds of tongues.

²⁹Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of ¹miracles?

³⁰Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all ^1atranslate?

³¹But ¹you ^aearnestly desire the greater gifts.

And I will yet show you a more excellent way.