1 F ollow my way of thinking as I follow Christ. How Christian Women Should Live

Be my imitators, even as I also of Christ.

2 I think you have done well because you always remember me and have followed the things I taught you.

Now I praise you, that in all things ye are mindful of me; and that as I have directed you, ye keep the directions.

3 I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man. The husband is the head of his wife. God is the head of Christ.

But I wish you to know that the Christ is the head of every man, but woman's head the man, and the Christ's head God.

4 I f any man prays or preaches with his head covered, he does not give honor to Christ.

Every man praying or prophesying, having on his head, puts his head to shame.

5 E very woman who prays or preaches without her head covered does not respect her head. It is the same as if she had her hair cut off.

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered puts her own head to shame; for it is one and the same as a shaved.

6 I f a woman does not cover her head, she might as well cut off her hair also. If a woman is ashamed to have her hair cut off, she should cover her head.

For if a woman be not covered, let her hair also be cut off. But if shameful to a woman to have her hair cut off or to be shaved, let her be covered.

7 M an is made like God and His shining-greatness. For this reason a man should not have his head covered when he prays or preaches, but the woman respects the man.

For man indeed ought not to have his head covered, being God's image and glory; but woman is man's glory.

8 M an was not made from woman. Woman was made from man,

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

9 a nd man was not made for woman. Woman was made for man.

For also man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman for the sake of the man.

10 F or this reason a woman should have a covering on her head. This shows she respects man. This is for the angels to see also.

Therefore ought the woman to have authority on her head, on account of the angels.

11 I n God’s plan women need men and men need women.

However, neither woman without man, nor man without woman, in Lord.

12 W oman was made from man, but man is born of woman. God made all things.

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

13 T hink this over yourselves. Does it look right for a woman to pray with no covering on her head?

Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman should pray to God uncovered?

14 H ave we not already learned that it is a shame for a man to have long hair?

Does not even nature itself teach you, that man, if he have long hair, it is a dishonour to him?

15 B ut a woman can be proud to have long hair. Her hair is given to her for a covering.

But woman, if she have long hair, glory to her; for the long hair is given in lieu of a veil.

16 I f anyone wants to argue about this, my answer is that this is what we teach, and all the churches agree with me. How the Lord’s Supper Should Be Eaten

But if any one think to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor the assemblies of God.

17 W hile writing about these things, let me tell you what I think. Nothing good is coming from your meeting together.

But prescribing this, I do not praise, that ye come together, not for the better, but for the worse.

18 F irst of all, I hear that when you meet together in the church you are divided into groups and you argue. I almost believe this is true.

For first, when ye come together in assembly, I hear there exist divisions among you, and I partly give credit.

19 F or there must be different groups among you. In that way, those who are right will be seen from those who are wrong.

For there must also be sects among you, that the approved may become manifest among you.

20 W hen you gather together for your meetings, it is not to eat the Lord’s supper.

When ye come therefore together into one place, it is not to eat Lord's supper.

21 E ach one is in a hurry to eat his own food first. He does not wait for others. In this way, one does not get enough food and drink. Others get too much and get drunk.

For each one in eating takes his own supper before, and one is hungry and another drinks to excess.

22 Y ou have your own homes to eat and drink in. Or do you hate the church of God and shame those who are poor? What am I to say to you? Am I to say you are right? No! I cannot say you are right in this. The Meaning of the Lord’s Supper

Have ye not then houses for eating and drinking? or do ye despise the assembly of God, and put to shame them who have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you? In this I do not praise.

23 I have given you the teaching I received from the Lord. The night Jesus was handed over to the soldiers, He 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 delivered up, took bread,

24 W hen He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take this bread and eat it. This is My body which is broken for you. Do this to remember Me.”

and having given thanks broke, and said, This is my body, which for you: this do in remembrance of me.

25 I n the same way after supper, He took the cup. He said, “This cup is the New Way of Worship made between God and you by My blood. Whenever you drink it, do it to remember Me.”

In like manner also the cup, after having supped, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood: this do, as often as ye shall drink, in remembrance of me.

26 E very time you eat this bread and drink from this cup you are telling of the Lord’s death until He comes again.

For as often as ye shall eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye announce the death of the Lord, until he come.

27 A nyone who eats the bread or drinks from the cup, if his spirit is not right with the Lord, will be guilty of sinning against the body and the blood of the Lord.

So that whosoever shall eat the bread, or drink the cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty in respect of the body and of the blood of the Lord.

28 T his is why a man should look into his own heart and life before eating the bread and drinking from the cup.

But let a man prove himself, and thus eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.

29 A nyone who eats the bread and drinks from the cup, if his spirit is not right with the Lord, will be guilty as he eats and drinks. He does not understand the meaning of the Lord’s body.

For eater and drinker eats and drinks judgment to himself, not distinguishing the body.

30 T his is why some of you are sick and weak, and some have died.

On this account many among you weak and infirm, and a good many are fallen asleep.

31 B ut if we would look into our own lives and see if we are guilty, then God would not have to say we are guilty.

But if we judged ourselves, so were we not judged.

32 W hen we are guilty, we are punished by the Lord so we will not be told we are guilty with the rest of the world.

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

33 C hristian brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for each other.

So that, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait for one another.

34 I f anyone is hungry, he should eat at home. Then he will not be guilty as you meet together. I will talk about the other things when I come.

If any one be hungry, let him eat at home, that ye may not come together for judgment. But the other things, whenever I come, I will set in order.