Common - I Corinthians - 11

11:1  Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

11:2  I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.

11:3  But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.

11:4  Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.

11:5  But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head—it is the same as if her head were shaved.

11:6  For if a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, let her cover her head.

11:7  For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.

11:8  For man does not originate from woman, but woman from man;

11:9  neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.

11:10  Therefore the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

11:11  In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

11:12  For as woman was made from man, so also man is born of woman. And all things are from God.

11:13  Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

11:14  Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him,

11:15  but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering.

11:16  If anyone wants to be contentious, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

11:17  But in the following instructions, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.

11:18  For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

11:19  For there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.

11:20  Therefore when you meet together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat,

11:21  for in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal, and one is hungry and another is drunk.

11:22  What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? No, I will not.

11:23  For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread,

11:24  and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me."

11:25  In the same way he took the cup also after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me."

11:26  For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

11:27  Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord.

11:28  Let a man examine himself, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

11:29  For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.

11:30  That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.

11:31  But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged.

11:32  But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world.

11:33  So then, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

11:34  If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that you will not come together for judgment. About the other things I will give directions when I come.