RKJNT - I Corinthians - 11

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

11:2  Now I praise you, brethren, that you remember me in all things, and keep the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.

11:3  But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

11:4  Every man praying or prophesying, while having his head covered, dishonours his head.

11:5  But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonours her head: for it is the same as if her head were shaven.

11:6  For if the woman will not be covered, let her also be shorn: but if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.

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 the man.

11:8  For the man is not from the woman; but the woman from the man.

11:9  Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.

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

11:11  Nevertheless, in the Lord, the woman is not independent of the man, nor is the man independent of the woman.

11:12  For as the woman was made from the man, even so the man is born from the woman; but all things are from God.

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

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

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

11:16  But if any man is inclined to be contentious, we have no other custom, nor do the churches of God.

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

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

11:19  For there must be factions among you, so that those who are approved may be made evident among you.

11:20  When you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord's supper.

11:21  For in eating every one goes ahead with his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

11:22  What? do you not have houses in which to eat and to drink? or do you despise the church of God, and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I will not.

11:23  For I have received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, That the Lord Jesus, on the night 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 manner he took the cup, 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 this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

11:27  Therefore, whoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord.

11:28  Let a man examine himself before he eats of the bread, and drinks of the cup.

11:29  For he who eats and drinks unworthily, not discerning the Lord's body, eats and drinks judgement upon himself.

11:30  For this reason many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

11:31  For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

11:32  But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

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

11:34  And if any man is hungry, let him eat at home; so you do not come together to be condemned. And the rest I will set in order when I come.