1 P attern yourselves after me, as I imitate and follow Christ (the Messiah).

¶ Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

2 I appreciate and commend you because you always remember me in everything and keep firm possession of the traditions (the substance of my instructions), just as I have passed them on to you.

Now I praise you, brothers, that ye remember me in all things and retain my instructions the same as I spoke unto you.

3 B ut I want you to know and realize that Christ is the Head of every man, the head of a woman is her husband, and the Head of Christ is God.

But I would have you know that the head of every man is the Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

4 A ny man who prays or prophesies (teaches, refutes, reproves, admonishes, and comforts) with his head covered dishonors his Head (Christ).

Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonours his head.

5 A nd any woman who prays or prophesies (teaches, refutes, reproves, admonishes, or comforts) when she is bareheaded dishonors her head (her husband); it is the same as shaved.

But every woman that prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonours her head, for that is even the same as if she were shaven.

6 F or if a woman will not wear covering, then she should cut off her hair too; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her head shorn or shaven, let her cover.

For if the woman is not covered, let her also be shorn; but if it is a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.

7 F or a man ought not to wear anything on his head, for he is the image and glory of God '> his function of government reflects the majesty of the divine Rule]; but woman is man’s glory (majesty, preeminence).

For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.

8 F or man was not from woman, but woman from man;

For the man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man.

9 N either was man created on account of or for the benefit of woman, but woman on account of and for the benefit of man.

Neither was the man created for the woman, but the woman for the man.

10 T herefore she should have a covering on her head '> that she may show reverence as do] the angels.

For this cause the woman ought to have authority over her head: because of the angels.

11 N evertheless, in the Lord and from His point of view woman is not apart from and independent of man, nor is man aloof from and independent of woman;

Nevertheless, neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.

12 F or as woman was made from man, even so man is also born of woman; and all from God.

For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.

13 C onsider for yourselves; is it proper and decent for a woman to offer prayer to God with her head uncovered?

Judge in yourselves: is it honest that a woman pray unto God uncovered?

14 D oes not the native sense of propriety (experience, common sense, reason) itself teach you that for a man to wear long hair is a dishonor to him,

Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man lets his hair grow, it is dishonest?

15 B ut if a woman has long hair, it is her ornament and glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering.

But if a woman lets her hair grow, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given her for a covering.

16 N ow if anyone is disposed to be argumentative and contentious about this, we hold to and recognize no other custom than this, nor do the churches of God generally.

With all this, if anyone seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the congregation of God.

17 B ut in what I instruct next I do not commend, because when you meet together, it is not for the better but for the worse.

¶ Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not: that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.

18 F or in the first place, when you assemble as a congregation, I hear that there are cliques (divisions and factions) among you; and I in part believe it,

For first of all, when ye come together in the congregation, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

19 F or doubtless there have to be factions or parties among you in order that they who are genuine and of approved fitness may become evident and plainly recognized among you.

For it is expedient that there also be heresies among you, so that those who are proved may become manifest among you.

20 S o when you gather for your meetings, it is not the supper instituted by the Lord that you eat,

So that when ye come together in one place, this is not eating the Lord’s supper.

21 F or in eating each one to get his own supper first, and one goes hungry while another gets drunk.

For in eating, each one takes his own supper first: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

22 W hat! Do you have no houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and mean to show contempt for it, while you humiliate those who are poor (have no homes and have brought no food)? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you in this? No, I will not!

What? Do ye not have houses to eat and to drink in? or do ye despise the congregation of God and shame those that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

23 F or I received from the Lord Himself that which I passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when He was treacherously delivered up and while His betrayal was in progress took bread,

¶ For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread;

24 A nd when He had given thanks, He broke and said, Take, eat. This is My body, which is broken for you. Do this to call Me to remembrance.

and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you; this do in remembrance of me.

25 S imilarly when supper was ended, He took the cup also, saying, This cup is the new covenant in My blood. Do this, as often as you drink, to call Me to remembrance.

After the same manner also he took the cup, after he had eaten supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood; do this each time that ye drink, in remembrance of me.

26 F or every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are representing and signifying and proclaiming the fact of the Lord’s death until He comes.

For each time that ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye declare the Lord’s death until he comes.

27 S o then whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in a way that is unworthy will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

Therefore whoever shall eat this bread and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

28 L et a man examine himself, and so should he eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

But let each man prove himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

29 F or anyone who eats and drinks without discriminating and recognizing with due appreciation that body, eats and drinks a sentence (a verdict of judgment) upon himself.

For he that eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.

30 T hat is the reason many of you are weak and sickly, and quite enough of you have fallen into the sleep of death.

For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

31 F or if we searchingly examined ourselves, we should not be judged and penalty decreed.

For if we would examine ourselves, we should not be judged.

32 B ut when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined and chastened, so that we may not be condemned with the world.

But being judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

33 S o then, my brothers, when you gather together to eat, wait for one another.

Therefore, my brothers, when ye come together to eat, wait for one another.

34 I f anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together to bring judgment. About the other matters, I will give you directions when I come.

And if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home; that ye not come together unto judgment. And I will set the rest in order when I come.