1 Corinthians 11 — FBV
11Verse 1You should imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.Verse 2I'm grateful that you always remember me and that you are keeping to the teachings just as I passed them on to you.Verse 3I do want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, the man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of Christ.+Verse 4A man's head is dishonored if he prays or prophesies with his head covered.Verse 5A woman's head is dishonored if she prays or prophesies with her head uncovered—it's just as if she had her hair shaved off.Verse 6If a woman's head is not covered, then she should have her head shaved. If it's scandalous for a woman to be shorn or shaven, then she should have her head covered.Verse 7A man shouldn't cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God, while the woman is the glory of the man.Verse 8Man didn't come from woman, but woman came from man;Verse 9and man was not created for the woman, but the woman was created for the man.Verse 10That's why the woman should have this sign of authority on her head out of respect for the watching angels.+Verse 11Even so, from the Lord's perspective, the woman is as essential as the man, and the man as essential as the woman.+Verse 12As the woman came from the man, so the man comes from the woman+—but more importantly everything comes from God.Verse 13Judge for yourselves: is it appropriate for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?Verse 14Doesn't nature itself indicate that a man with long hair disgraces himself?Verse 15However, a woman with long hair brings herself glory, because her hair is given to her as a covering.Verse 16But if anyone wants to argue about this, we don't have any other custom than this, and neither do any other of God's churches.+Verse 17Now in giving you the instructions that follow I can't commend you, because when you meet together you cause more harm than good!Verse 18First of all, I hear that when you have church meetings that you are split into different factions, and I believe there's some truth to this.Verse 19Of course such splits among you must happen so those who are genuine can prove themselves by their evidence!Verse 20When you meet together you're not really celebrating the Lord's Supper at all.Verse 21Some want to eat first before everyone else, leaving others hungry. Still others get drunk.Verse 22Don't you have your own houses to eat and drink in? Do you look down on God's church, and humiliate those who are poor? What should I tell you? That you're doing really well? I have nothing good to say about you for doing this!Verse 23For I received from the Lord what I passed on to you: the Lord Jesus on the night he was betrayed took some bread.Verse 24After giving thanks, he broke the bread into pieces and said, “This bread is my body, which is given for you. Remember me by doing this.”Verse 25In the same way he took the cup, after the meal, and said, “This cup is the new agreement+sealed with my blood. Remember me when you drink it.Verse 26For every time you eat this bread and drink from this cup you announce the Lord's death, until he returns.”Verse 27So anyone who eats the bread or drinks from the Lord's cup in a dishonorable way will be guilty of doing wrong against the body and blood of the Lord.Verse 28Let each person examine themselves, and then let them eat the bread and drink from the cup.Verse 29Those who eat and drink bring judgment on themselves if they don't recognize their relationship with the body of the Lord.Verse 30That's the reason why many of you are weak and sick, and some even have died.Verse 31However, if we really examined ourselves, we would not be judged like this.Verse 32But when we are judged, we are being disciplined by the Lord so that we won't be condemned along with the world.Verse 33So my brothers and sisters, when you meet together to eat the Lord's Supper, wait for each other.Verse 34If anyone is hungry, then eat at home so that when you meet together you won't bring condemnation on yourselves. I'll give you more directions when I visit.