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

Be imitators of me, even as I also am 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, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.

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

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

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 unveiled dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were 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 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 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 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 M an was not made from woman. Woman was made from man,

For man is not from woman, but woman from man;

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

for man wasn’t created for the woman, but woman for 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.

For this cause the woman ought to have authority on her head, because of the angels.

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

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

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

For as woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God.

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

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

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

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

15 B ut a woman can be proud to have long hair. 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 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 man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God’s assemblies.

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

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 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 of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.

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 also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.

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

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

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

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

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 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 also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed 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.”

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 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 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 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 you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

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.

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 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 examine himself, and so let him 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 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 his is why some of you are sick and weak, and some have died.

For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.

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.

For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn’t be 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 when we are judged, we are punished by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

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

Therefore, my brothers, when you 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.

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.