³Now I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ. 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 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.

⁶What if a woman does not cover her head? She should have her hair cut off. But it is shameful for her to cut her hair or shave it off. So she should cover her head.

⁷A man should not cover his head. He is the likeness and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of the man. ⁸The man did not come from the woman. The woman came from the man.

⁹Also, the man was not created for the woman. The woman was created for the man. ¹⁰That’s why a woman should have her head covered. It shows that she is under authority. She should also cover her head because of the angels.

¹¹But here is how things are for those who belong to the Lord. The woman is not independent of the man. And the man is not independent of the woman. ¹²The woman came from the man, and the man is born from the woman. But everything comes from God.

¹³You be the judge. Is it proper for a woman to pray to God without covering her head? ¹⁴Suppose a man has long hair. Doesn’t the very nature of things teach you that it is shameful? ¹⁵And suppose a woman has long hair. Doesn’t the very nature of things teach you that it is her glory? Long hair is given to her as a covering.

¹⁶If anyone wants to argue about that, we don’t have any other practice. And God’s churches don’t either.

The Lord’s Supper

¹⁷In the following matters, I don’t praise you. Your meetings do more harm than good.

¹⁸First, here is what people are telling me. When you come together as a church, you take sides. And in some ways I believe it. ¹⁹No doubt you need to take sides in order to show which of you God agrees with!

²⁰When you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat. ²¹As you eat, each of you goes ahead without waiting for anyone else. One remains hungry and another gets drunk. ²²Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you think so little of God’s church that you shame those in it who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you for that? Certainly not!

²³I passed on to you what I received from the Lord. On the night the Lord Jesus was handed over to his enemies, he took bread. ²⁴When he had given thanks, he broke it. He said, “This is my body. It is given for you. Every time you eat it, do it in memory of 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 it in memory of me.”

²⁶When you eat the bread and drink the cup, you are announcing the Lord’s death until he comes again.

²⁷So do not eat the bread or drink the cup of the Lord in a way that isn’t worthy of him. If you do, you will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.

²⁸A person should take a careful look at himself before he eats the bread and drinks from the cup. ²⁹Anyone who eats and drinks must recognize the body of the Lord. If he doesn’t, God will judge him for it. ³⁰That is why many of you are weak and sick. That is why a number of you have died.

³¹We should judge ourselves. Then we would not be found guilty. ³²When the Lord judges us, he corrects us. Then we will not be judged along with the rest of the world.

³³My brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for each other. ³⁴Those who are hungry should eat at home. Then when you come together, you will not be judged.

When I come, I will give you more directions.

Gifts of the Holy Spirit

12Brothers and sisters, I want you to know about the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

²You know that at one time you were unbelievers. You were somehow drawn away to worship statues of gods that couldn’t even speak. ³So I tell you that no one who is speaking with the help of God’s Spirit says, “May Jesus be cursed.” And without the help of the Holy Spirit no one can say, “Jesus is Lord.”

⁴There are different kinds of gifts. But they are all given by the same Spirit. ⁵There are different ways to serve. But they all come from the same Lord. ⁶There are different ways to work. But the same God makes it possible for all of us to have all those different things.

⁷The Holy Spirit is given to each of us in a special way. That is for the good of all. ⁸To some people the Spirit gives the message of wisdom. To others the same Spirit gives the message of knowledge. ⁹To others the same Spirit gives faith. To others that one Spirit gives gifts of healing. ¹⁰To others he gives the power to do miracles. To others he gives the ability to prophesy. To others he gives the ability to tell the spirits apart. To others he gives the ability to speak in different kinds of languages they had not known before. And to still others he gives the ability to explain what was said in those languages.

¹¹All of the gifts are produced by one and the same Spirit. He gives them to each person, just as he decides.

One Body but Many Parts

¹²There is one body. But it has many parts. Even though it has many parts, they make up one body. It is the same with Christ. ¹³We were all baptized by one Holy Spirit into one body. It didn’t matter whether we were Jews or Greeks, slaves or free people. We were all given the same Spirit to drink.

¹⁴The body is not made up of just one part. It has many parts. ¹⁵Suppose the foot says, “I am not a hand. So I don’t belong to the body.” It is still part of the body. ¹⁶And suppose the ear says, “I am not an eye. So I don’t belong to the body.” It is still part of the body.

¹⁷If the whole body were an eye, how could it hear? If the whole body were an ear, how could it smell? ¹⁸God has placed each part in the body just as he wanted it to be. ¹⁹If all the parts were the same, how could there be a body? ²⁰As it is, there are many parts. But there is only one body.

²¹The eye can’t say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” The head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” ²²In fact, it is just the opposite. The parts of the body that seem to be weaker are the ones we can’t do without. ²³The parts that we think are less important we treat with special honor. The private parts aren’t shown. But they are treated with special care. ²⁴The parts that can be shown don’t need special care.

But God has joined together all the parts of the body. And he has given more honor to the parts that didn’t have any. ²⁵In that way, the parts of the body will not take sides. All of them will take care of each other. ²⁶If one part suffers, every part suffers with it. If one part is honored, every part shares in its joy.

²⁷You are the body of Christ. Each one of you is a part of it. ²⁸First, God has appointed apostles in the church. Second, he has appointed prophets. Third, he has appointed teachers. Then he has appointed people who do miracles and those who have gifts of healing. He also appointed those able to help others, those able to direct things, and those who can speak in different kinds of languages they had not known before.

²⁹Is everyone an apostle? Is everyone a prophet? Is everyone a teacher? Do all work miracles? ³⁰Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in languages they had not known before? Do all explain what is said in those languages? ³¹But above all, you should want the more important gifts.

Love

And now I will show you the best way of all.

13Suppose I speak in the languages of human beings and of angels. If I don’t have love, I am only a loud gong or a noisy cymbal. ²Suppose I have the gift of prophecy. Suppose I can understand all the secret things of God and know everything about him. And suppose I have enough faith to move mountains. If I don’t have love, I am nothing at all. ³Suppose I give everything I have to poor people. And suppose I give my body to be burned. If I don’t have love, I get nothing at all.

⁴Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not want what belongs to others. It does not brag. It is not proud. ⁵It is not rude. It does not look out for its own interests. It does not easily become angry. It does not keep track of other people’s wrongs.

⁶Love is not happy with evil. But it is full of joy when the truth is spoken. ⁷It always protects. It always trusts. It always hopes. It never gives up.

⁸Love never fails. But prophecy will pass away. Speaking in languages that had not been known before will end. And knowledge will pass away.

⁹What we know now is not complete. What we prophesy now is not perfect. ¹⁰But when what is perfect comes, the things that are not perfect will pass away.

¹¹When I was a child, I talked like a child. I thought like a child. I had the understanding of a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.

¹²Now we see only a dim likeness of things. It is as if we were seeing them in a mirror. But someday we will see clearly. We will see face to face. What I know now is not complete. But someday I will know completely, just as God knows me completely.

¹³The three most important things to have are faith, hope and love. But the greatest of them is love.

The Gifts the Holy Spirit Gives

14Follow the way of love. You should also want the gifts the Holy Spirit gives. Most of all, you should want the gift of prophecy.

²Anyone who speaks in a language he had not known before doesn’t speak to people. He speaks only to God. In fact, no one understands that person. What he says with his spirit remains a mystery. ³But anyone who prophesies speaks to people. He says things to make them stronger, to give them hope and to comfort them. ⁴Those who speak in other languages build themselves up. But those who prophesy build up the church.

⁵I would like all of you to speak in other languages. But I would…

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