1 Corinthians 11

New American Standard Bible

Christian Order

11 ^(A)Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.

²Now ^(B)I praise you because you ^(C)remember me in everything and ^(D)hold firmly to the traditions, just as I handed them down to you. ³But I want you to understand that Christ is the ^(E)head of every man, and ^[a]^(F)the man is the head of a woman, and God is the ^(G)head of Christ. ⁴Every man who has something on his head while praying or ^(H)prophesying disgraces his head. ⁵But every ^(I)woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for it is one and the same as the woman ^[b]whose head is ^(J)shaved. ⁶For if a woman does not cover ^[c]her head, have her also ^[d]cut her hair off; however, if it is disgraceful for a woman to ^[e]have her hair cut off or ^[f]her head shaved, have her cover ^[g]her head. ⁷For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the ^(K)image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. ⁸For ^(L)man ^[h]does not originate from woman, but woman from man; ⁹for indeed man was not created for the woman’s sake, but ^(M)woman for the man’s sake. ¹⁰Therefore the woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. ¹¹However, in the Lord, neither is woman ^[i]independent of man, nor is man ^[j]independent of woman. ¹²For as the woman originated from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and ^(N)all things originate ^(O)from God. ¹³^(P)Judge ^[k]for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? ¹⁴Does even nature itself not teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him, ¹⁵but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her as a covering. ¹⁶But if anyone is inclined to be contentious, ^(Q)we have no ^[l]such practice, nor have ^(R)the churches of God.

¹⁷Now in giving this next instruction ^(S)I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better, but for the worse. ¹⁸For, in the first place, when you come together ^[m]as a church, I hear that ^[n]^(T)divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it. ¹⁹For there also ^(U)have to be factions among you, ^(V)so that those who are approved may become ^[o]evident among you. ²⁰Therefore when you come together it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper, ²¹for when you eat, each one takes his own supper first; and one goes hungry while ^(W)another gets drunk. ²²What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the ^(X)church of God and ^(Y)shame those who have nothing? What am I to say to you? Shall ^(Z)I praise you? In this I do not praise you.

The Lord’s Supper

²³For ^(AA)I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that ^(AB)the Lord Jesus, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread; ²⁴and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” ²⁵In the same way He also took ^(AC)the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the ^(AD)new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” ²⁶For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death ^(AE)until He comes.

²⁷Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy way, shall be ^(AF)guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. ²⁸But a person must ^(AG)examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. ²⁹For the one who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not properly recognize the ^[p]body. ³⁰For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number ^[q]^(AH)are asleep. ³¹But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged. ³²But when we are judged, we are ^(AI)disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with ^(AJ)the world.

³³So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. ³⁴If anyone is ^(AK)hungry, have him eat ^(AL)at home, so that you do not come together for judgment. As to the remaining matters, I will ^(AM)give instructions ^(AN)when I come.