1 Corinthians 11

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1 Take me as your pattern, just as I take Christ for mine.	1 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.
2 I congratulate you for remembering me so consistently and for maintaining the traditions exactly as Ipassed them on 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 should like you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is 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 For any man to pray or to prophesy with his head covered shows disrespect for his head.	4 Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered brings shame upon his head.
5 And for a woman to pray or prophesy with her head uncovered shows disrespect for her head; it isexactly the same as if she had her hair shaved off.	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 Indeed, if a woman does go without a veil, she should have her hair cut off too; but if it is a shamefulthing for a woman to have her hair cut off or shaved off, then she should wear a veil.	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 But for a man it is not right to have his head covered, since he is the image of God and reflects God'sglory; but woman is the reflection of man's glory.	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 man did not come from woman; no, woman came from man;	8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man;
9 nor was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man:	9 nor was man created for woman, but woman for man;
10 and this is why it is right for a woman to wear on her head a sign of the authority over her, becauseof the angels.	10 for this reason a woman should have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.
11 However, in the Lord, though woman is nothing without man, man is nothing without woman;	11 Woman is not independent of man or man of woman in the Lord.
12 and though woman came from man, so does every man come from a woman, and everything comesfrom God.	12 For just as woman came from man, so man is born of woman; but all things are from God.
13 Decide for yourselves: does it seem fitting that a woman should pray to God without a veil?	13 Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head unveiled?
14 Does not nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,	14 Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears his hair long it is a disgrace to him,
15 but when a woman has long hair, it is her glory? After all, her hair was given to her to be 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 If anyone wants to be contentious, I say that we have no such custom, nor do any of the churches ofGod.	16 But if anyone is inclined to be argumentative, we do not have such a custom, nor do the churches of God.
17 Now that I am on the subject of instructions, I cannot congratulate you on the meetings you hold;they do more harm than good.	17 In giving this instruction, I do not praise the fact that your meetings are doing more harm than good.
18 In the first place, I hear that when you al come together in your assembly, there are separatefactions among you, and to some extent I 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 It is no bad thing, either, that there should be differing groups among you so that those who are to betrusted among you can be clearly recognised.	19 there have to be factions among you in order that (also) those who are approved among you may become known.
20 So, when you meet together, it is not the Lord's Supper that you eat;	20 When you meet in one place, then, it is not to eat the Lord's supper,
21 for when the eating begins, each one of you has his own supper first, and there is one going hungrywhile another is getting drunk.	21 for in eating, each one goes ahead with his own supper, and one goes hungry while another gets drunk.
22 Surely you have homes for doing your eating and drinking in? Or have you such disregard for God'sassembly that you can put to shame those who have nothing? What am I to say to you? Congratulate you? Onthis I cannot congratulate you.	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 the tradition I received from the Lord and also handed on to you is that on the night he wasbetrayed, the Lord Jesus took some 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 after he had given thanks, he broke it, and he said, 'This is my body, which is for you; do this inremembrance 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 And in the same way, with the cup after supper, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood.Whenever you drink it, do this as a memorial 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 Whenever you eat this bread, then, and drink this cup, you are proclaiming the Lord's death until hecomes.	26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.
27 Therefore anyone who eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily is answerable for thebody 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 Everyone is to examine himself and only then eat of the bread or drink from the cup;	28 A person should examine himself, and so eat the bread and drink the cup.
29 because a person who eats and drinks without recognising the body is eating and drinking his owncondemnation.	29 For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself.
30 That is why many of you are weak and il and a good number have died.	30 That is why many among you are ill and infirm, and a considerable number are dying.
31 If we were critical of ourselves we would not be condemned,	31 If we discerned ourselves, we would not be under judgment;
32 but when we are judged by the Lord, we are corrected by the Lord to save us from being condemnedalong 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 So then, my brothers, when you meet for the Meal, wait for each other;	33 Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.
34 anyone who is hungry should eat at home. Then your meeting wil not bring your condemnation. Theother matters I shal arrange 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.