1 Corinthians 11

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1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.	1 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.
2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.	2 I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold fast to the traditions, just as I handed them on to you.
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.	3 But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and a husband the head of his wife, and God the head of Christ.
4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.	4 Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered brings shame upon his head.
5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.	5 But any woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled brings shame upon her head, for it is one and the same thing as if she had had her head shaved.
6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.	6 For if a woman does not have her head veiled, she may as well have her hair cut off. But if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should wear a veil.
7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.	7 A man, on the other hand, should not cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man.
8 For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.	8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man;
9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.	9 nor was man created for woman, but woman for man;
10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.	10 for this reason a woman should have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.
11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.	11 Woman is not independent of man or man of woman in the Lord.
12 For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of god.	12 For just as woman came from man, so man is born of woman; but all things are from God.
13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?	13 Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head unveiled?
14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?	14 Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears his hair long it is a disgrace to him,
15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.	15 whereas if a woman has long hair it is her glory, because long hair has been given (her) for a covering?
16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.	16 But if anyone is inclined to be argumentative, we do not have such a custom, nor do the churches of God.
17 Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.	17 In giving this instruction, I do not praise the fact that your meetings are doing more harm than good.
18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.	18 First of all, I hear that when you meet as a church there are divisions among you, and to a degree I believe it;
19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.	19 there have to be factions among you in order that (also) those who are approved among you may become known.
20 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper.	20 When you meet in one place, then, it is not to eat the Lord's supper,
21 For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.	21 for in eating, each one goes ahead with his own supper, and one goes hungry while another gets drunk.
22 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.	22 Do you not have houses in which you can eat and drink? Or do you show contempt for the church of God and make those who have nothing feel ashamed? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this matter I do not praise you.
23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:	23 For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread,
24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.	24 and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, "This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me."
25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.	25 In the same way also 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."
26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.	26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.
27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.	27 Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord.
28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.	28 A person should examine himself, and so eat the bread and drink the cup.
29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.	29 For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself.
30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.	30 That is why many among you are ill and infirm, and a considerable number are dying.
31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.	31 If we discerned ourselves, we would not be under judgment;
32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.	32 but since we are judged by (the) Lord, we are being disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world.
33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.	33 Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.
34 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.	34 If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that your meetings may not result in judgment. The other matters I shall set in order when I come.