Chapter 11
1 Be imitators of me , even as I also am of Christ .
2 Now I praise you , brothers, that you remember me in all things , and hold firm the traditions , even as I delivered them to you .
3 But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ , and the head of the woman is man , and the head of Christ is God .
4 Every man praying or prophesying , having his head covered , dishonours his head .
5 But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered dishonours her head . For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved .
6 For if a woman is not covered , let her hair also be cut off . But if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut off or be shaved , let her be covered .
7 For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered , because he is the image and glory of God , but the woman is the glory of the man .
8 For man is not from woman , but woman from man ;
9 for man wasn’ t created for the woman , but woman for the man .
10 For this cause the woman ought to have authority over her own head , because of the angels.
11 Nevertheless , neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman , in the Lord .
12 For as woman came from man , so a man also comes through a woman ; but all things are from God .
13 Judge for yourselves . Is it appropriate that a woman pray to God unveiled?
14 Doesn’ t even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair , it is a dishonour to him ?
15 But if a woman has long hair , it is a glory to her , for her hair is given to her for a covering .
16 But if any man seems to be contentious , we have no such custom , neither do God ’ s assemblies .
17 But in giving you this command I don’ t praise you , because you come together not for the better but for the worse .
18 For first of all , when you come together in the assembly , I hear that divisions exist amongst you , and I partly believe it .
19 For there also must be factions amongst you , that those who are approved may be revealed amongst you .
20 When therefore you assemble yourselves together , it is not the Lord ’s supper that you eat .
21 For in your eating each one takes his own supper first . One is hungry , and another is drunken .
22 What , don’ t you have houses to eat and to drink in ? Or do you despise God ’ s assembly and put them to shame who don’ t have enough? What shall I tell you ? Shall I praise you ? In this I don’ t praise you .
23 For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you , that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.
24 When he had given thanks , he broke it and said , " Take , eat. This is my body , which is broken for you . Do this in memory of me ."
25 In the same way he also took the cup after supper , saying , " This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this , as often as you drink , in memory of me ."
26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup , you proclaim the Lord ’ s death until he comes .
27 Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord ’ s cup in a way unworthy of the Lord will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord .
28 But let a man examine himself , and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup .
29 For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy way eats and drinks judgement to himself if he doesn’ t discern the Lord ’s body .
30 For this cause many amongst you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep .
31 For if we discerned ourselves , we wouldn’t be judged .
32 But when we are judged , we are disciplined by the Lord , that we may not be condemned with the world .
33 Therefore , my brothers, when you come together to eat , wait for one another .
34 But if anyone is hungry , let him eat at home , lest your coming together be for judgement. The rest I will set in order whenever I come .