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

Be 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 you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to 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 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, dishonors 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 praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved.

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 a woman is not covered, let her hair also be cut off. But if it is shameful for a woman to be have her hair cut off or shaved, 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 have his head covered, because 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 man is not from woman, but woman from 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.

for man wasn’t created for the woman, but 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 on 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 woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, 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 woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God.

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

Judge for yourselves. Is it appropriate that a woman pray to God unveiled?

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,

Doesn’t even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?

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 has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to 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.

But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God’s assemblies.

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.

But in giving you this command, I don’t praise you, that you 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 you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist 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 there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.

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

When therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat.

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

For in your eating each one takes his own supper first. 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, 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 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 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 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.

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 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.

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 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 as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim 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 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 L et a man examine himself, and so should he eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

But let a man examine 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 who eats and drinks in an unworthy way eats and drinks judgment to himself, if he doesn’t discern 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 among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.

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

For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn’t 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 when we are judged, we are punished by the Lord, that we may 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 you 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.

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.