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

Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.

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

Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.

3 B ut 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.

But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.

4 E very man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonours his head.

Every man who has something on his head while praying or prophesying disgraces his head.

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

But every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved.

6 F or 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.

For if a woman does not cover her head, let her also have her hair cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her cover her head.

7 F or 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.

For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.

8 F or the man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man.

For man does not originate from woman, but woman from man;

9 N either was the man created for the woman, but the woman for the man.

for indeed man was not created for the woman’s sake, but woman for the man’s sake.

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

Therefore the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

11 N evertheless, neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.

However, in the Lord, neither is woman independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

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

For as the woman originates from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and all things originate from God.

13 J udge in yourselves: is it honest that a woman pray unto God uncovered?

Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

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

Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him,

15 B ut if a woman lets her hair grow, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given 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 W ith all this, if anyone seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the congregation of God.

But if one is inclined to be contentious, we have no other practice, nor have the churches of God.

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

But in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.

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

For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it.

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

For there must also be factions among you, so that those who are approved may become evident among you.

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

Therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper,

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

for in your eating each one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry and another is drunk.

22 W hat? 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.

What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you. The Lord’s Supper

23 ¶ 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;

For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread;

24 a nd 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.

and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

25 A fter 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.

In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

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

For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

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

Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

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

But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

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

For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly.

30 F or this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep.

31 F or if we would examine ourselves, we should not be judged.

But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged.

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

But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world.

33 T herefore, my brothers, when ye come together to eat, wait for one another.

So then, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

34 A nd 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.

If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that you will not come together for judgment. The remaining matters I will arrange when I come.