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 the
man, and the head of Christ is God. 4 Every man praying or prophesying,
having his head covered, dishonors his head. 5 But every woman praying or
prophesying with her head unveiled dishonors 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
also be shorn. But if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn or 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 neither was
man created for the woman, but woman for the man. 10 For this cause the
woman ought to have authority on her 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 dishonor 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, that 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 among
you, and I partly believe it. 19 For there also must be factions among
you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you. 20 When
therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not possible to eat
the Lord's supper. 21 For in your eating each one takes his own supper
before others. 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? 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 manner 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 manner eats and drinks judgment to
himself, if he doesn't discern the Lord's body. 30 For this cause many
among 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
punished by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
33 Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait one
for another. 34 But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your
coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I
come.
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