1 F ollowers of me become ye, as I also of Christ.

Follow my way of thinking as I follow Christ. How Christian Women Should Live

2 A nd I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and according as I did deliver to you, the deliverances ye keep,

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

3 a nd I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

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.

4 E very man praying or prophesying, having the head covered, doth dishonour his head,

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

5 a nd every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered, doth dishonour her own head, for it is one and the same thing with her being shaven,

Every 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.

6 f or if a woman is not covered -- then let her be shorn, and if a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven -- let her be covered;

If 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.

7 f or a man, indeed, ought not to cover the head, being the image and glory of God, and a woman is the glory of a man,

Man 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.

8 f or a man is not of a woman, but a woman of a man,

Man was not made from woman. Woman was made from man,

9 f or a man also was not created because of the woman, but a woman because of the man;

and man was not made for woman. Woman was made for man.

10 b ecause of this the woman ought to have authority upon the head, because of the messengers;

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

11 b ut neither a man apart from a woman, nor a woman apart from a man, in the Lord,

In God’s plan women need men and men need women.

12 f or as the woman of the man, so also the man through the woman, and the all things of God.

Woman was made from man, but man is born of woman. God made all things.

13 I n your own selves judge ye; is it seemly for a woman uncovered to pray to God?

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

14 d oth not even nature itself teach you, that if a man indeed have long hair, a dishonour it is to him?

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

15 a nd a woman, if she have long hair, a glory it is to her, because the hair instead of a covering hath been given to her;

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

16 a nd if any one doth think to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the assemblies of God.

If 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

17 A nd this declaring, I give no praise, because not for the better, but for the worse ye come together;

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

18 f or first, indeed, ye coming together in an assembly, I hear of divisions being among you, and partly I believe,

First 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.

19 f or it behoveth sects also to be among you, that those approved may become manifest among you;

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

20 y e, then, coming together at the same place -- it is not to eat the Lord's supper;

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

21 f or each his own supper doth take before in the eating, and one is hungry, and another is drunk;

Each 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.

22 w hy, have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or the assembly of God do ye despise, and shame those not having? what may I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I do not praise!

You 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

23 F or I -- I received from the Lord that which also I did deliver to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was delivered up, took bread,

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

24 a nd having given thanks, he brake, and said, `Take ye, eat ye, this is my body, that for you is being broken; this do ye -- to the remembrance of me.'

When 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.”

25 I n like manner also the cup after the supping, saying, `This cup is the new covenant in my blood; this do ye, as often as ye may drink -- to the remembrance of me;'

In 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.”

26 f or as often as ye may eat this bread, and this cup may drink, the death of the Lord ye do shew forth -- till he may come;

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

27 s o that whoever may eat this bread or may drink the cup of the Lord unworthily, guilty he shall be of the body and blood of the Lord:

Anyone 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.

28 a nd let a man be proving himself, and so of the bread let him eat, and of the cup let him drink;

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

29 f or he who is eating and drinking unworthily, judgment to himself he doth eat and drink -- not discerning the body of the Lord.

Anyone 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.

30 B ecause of this, among you many weak and sickly, and sleep do many;

This is why some of you are sick and weak, and some have died.

31 f or if ourselves we were discerning, we would not be being judged,

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

32 a nd being judged by the Lord, we are chastened, that with the world we may not be condemned;

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

33 s o then, my brethren, coming together to eat, for one another wait ye;

Christian brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for each other.

34 a nd if any one is hungry, at home let him eat, that to judgment ye may not come together; and the rest, whenever I may come, I shall arrange.

If 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.