1 Corinthians 11

11Imitate ^ame, just as I also imitate Christ.

Head Coverings

²Now I praise you, brethren, that you remember me in all things and keep the traditions just as I delivered them to you. ³But I want you to know that ^bthe head of every man is Christ, ^cthe head of woman is man, and ^dthe head of Christ is God. ⁴Every man praying or ^eprophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head. ⁵But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for that is one and the same as if her head were ^fshaved. ⁶For if a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it is ^gshameful for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered. ⁷For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, since ^hhe is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. ⁸For man is not from woman, but woman ⁱfrom man. ⁹Nor was man created for the woman, but woman ^jfor the man. ¹⁰For this reason the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. ¹¹Nevertheless, ^kneither is man independent of woman, nor woman independent of man, in the Lord. ¹²For as woman came from man, even so man also comes through woman; but all things are from God.

¹³Judge among 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 ¹to her for a covering. ¹⁶But ^lif anyone seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, ^mnor do the churches of God.

Conduct at the Lord’s Supper

¹⁷Now in giving these instructions I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse. ¹⁸For first of all, when you come together as a church, ⁿI hear that there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it. ¹⁹For ^othere must also be factions among you, ^pthat those who are approved may be ²recognized among you. ²⁰Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper. ²¹For in eating, each one takes his own supper ahead of others; and one is hungry and ^qanother is drunk. ²²What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise ^rthe church of God and ^sshame ³those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.

Institution of the Lord’s Supper

²³For ^tI received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: ^uthat the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; ²⁴and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, ⁴“Take, eat; this is My body which is ⁵broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” ²⁵In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

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

Examine Yourself

²⁷Therefore whoever eats ^wthis bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and ⁶blood of the Lord. ²⁸But ^xlet a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. ²⁹For he who eats and drinks ⁷in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the ⁸Lord’s body. ³⁰For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many ⁹sleep. ³¹For ^yif we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. ³²But when we are judged, ^zwe are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

³³Therefore, my brethren, when you ^acome together to eat, wait for one another. ³⁴But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together for judgment. And the rest I will set in order when I come.