The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Corinthians 11
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 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 uncovered 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
hair also be cut off. But if it is shameful
for a woman to have her hair cut off or be
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 man wasn’t created for the woman,
but woman for the man.
10 For this cause the woman ought to
have authority over her own 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, because 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 your
selves together, it is not the
Lord’s supper that you eat.
21 For in your eating each one takes his
own supper first. One is hungry,
and another is drunken.
22 What, don’t youhavehouses to eat and
to drink in? Or do you despise God’s
assembly and put them to shame who don’t
have enough? 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 way 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 way 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
disciplined by the Lord, that we may not be
condemned with the world.
33 Therefore, my brothers, when you
come together to eat, wait for one another.
34 But if anyone is hungry, let him eat
at home, lest your coming together be for
judgment. The restI will setinorder whenever I come.