aBe imitators of me, just
as I also
am of Christ
.
Now aI praise
you because
you bremember
me in everything
and chold
firmly
to the traditions
, just
as I delivered
them to you.
But I want you to understand
that 1Christ
is the ahead
of every
man
, and bthe man
is the head
of a woman
, and God
is the chead
of 1Christ
.
Every man
who has
something on his head
while praying
or
aprophesying
disgraces
his head
.
But every awoman
who has her head
uncovered
while praying
or
prophesying
disgraces
her head
, for she is one
and the same
as the woman
1whose head is bshaved
.
For if a woman
does not cover
1her head, let her also
2have her hair
cut
off
; but if
it is disgraceful
for a woman
to 2have her hair
cut
off
or
1her head shaved
, let her cover
1her head.
For a man ought
not to have his head
covered
, since he is the aimage
and glory
of God
; but the woman
is the glory
of man
.
For aman 1does not originate
from woman
, but woman
from man
;
for indeed man
was not created
for the woman's
sake
, but awoman
for the man's
sake
.
Therefore the woman
ought
to have
a symbol of authority
on her head
, because
of the angels
.
However, in the Lord
, neither
is woman
1independent
of man
, nor
is man
1independent
of woman
.
For as the woman 1originates from the man
, so
also
the man
has his birth through
the woman
; and aall
things
2originate bfrom God
.
aJudge 1for yourselves
: is it proper
for a woman
to pray
to God
with her head uncovered
?
Does not even nature
itself
teach
you that if
a man
has
long
hair
, it is a dishonor
to him,
but if a woman
has
long
hair
, it is a glory
to her? For her hair
is given
to her for a covering
.
But if one
is inclined
to be contentious
, awe have
no
1other
practice
, nor
have bthe churches
of God
.
But in giving this
instruction
, aI do not praise
you, because
you come
together
not for the better
but for the worse
.
For, in the first place, when you come
together
1as a church
, I hear
that 2 adivisions
exist
among
you; and in part
I believe
it.
For there amust also
be factions
among
you, bso
that those
who are approved
may become
1evident
among
you.
Therefore when you meet
together
, it is not to eat
the Lord's
Supper
,
for in your eating each
one
takes
his own
supper
first
; and one
is hungry
and aanother
is drunk
.
What! Do you not have
houses
in which to eat
and drink
? Or
do you despise
the achurch
of God
and bshame
those
who have
nothing
? What
shall I say
to you? Shall cI praise
you? In this
I will not praise
you.
For aI received from the Lord
that which
I also
delivered
to you, that bthe Lord
Jesus
in the night
in which
He was betrayed
took
bread
;
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."
In the same way
He took athe cup
also
after
supper
, saying
, "This
cup
is the bnew
covenant
in My blood
; do
this
, as often
as you drink
it, in remembrance
of Me."
For as often as you eat
this
bread
and drink
the cup
, you proclaim
the Lord's
death
auntil
He comes
.
Therefore whoever
eats
the bread
or
drinks
the cup
of the Lord
in an unworthy
manner
, shall be aguilty
of the body
and the blood
of the Lord
.
But a man must aexamine
himself
, and in so
doing he is to eat
of the bread
and drink
of the cup
.
For he who eats and drinks
, eats
and drinks
judgment
to himself
if he does not judge
the body
rightly.
For this reason
many
among
you are weak
and sick
, and a number
1 asleep
.
But if we judged
ourselves
rightly, we would not be judged
.
But when we are judged, we are adisciplined
by the Lord
so
that we will not be condemned
along
with bthe world
.
So then
, my brethren
, when you come
together
to eat
, wait
for one
another
.
If anyone
is ahungry
, let him eat
bat home
, so
that you will not come
together
for judgment
. The remaining
matters I will carrange
dwhen
I come
.