[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 the woman is
from the man, so is the man also by the 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 must be also 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 will I tell you? Will 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 an unworthy manner, 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, that your coming together may not be
to judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.
