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¹ Imitate me, as I also imitate Christ.^(C1)

Instructions about Head Coverings

² Now I praise you^(F1) because you remember me in everything and hold fast to the traditions^(C1) just as I delivered^(C2) them to you. ³ But I want you to know that Christ is the head^(C1) of every man, and the man is the head of the woman,^(F1)(C2) and God is the head of Christ.^{(C3) 4} Every man who prays or prophesies with something on his head dishonors^(C1) his head. ⁵ Every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since that is one and the same as having her head shaved.^{(C1) 6} For if a woman doesn’t cover her head, she should 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 head be covered.

⁷ A man should not cover his head, because he is the image^(C1) and glory of God.^(C2) So too, woman is the glory of man. ⁸ For man did not come from woman, but woman came from man.^{(C1) 9} Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man. ¹⁰ This is why a woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. ¹¹ In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, and man is not independent of woman. ¹² For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman, and all things come from God.^(C1)

¹³ Judge^(C1) for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? ¹⁴ Does not even nature itself teach^(C1) you that if a man has long hair it is a disgrace^(C2) to him, ¹⁵ but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory?^(C1) For her hair is given to her^(F1) as a covering. ¹⁶ If anyone wants to argue about this, we have no other^(F1) custom, nor do the churches of God.

The Lord’s Supper

¹⁷ Now in giving this instruction I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse. ¹⁸ For to begin with, I hear that when you come together as a church there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it. ¹⁹ Indeed, it is necessary that there be factions^(C1) among you, so that those who are approved may be recognized among you. ²⁰ When you come together, then, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper.^{(C1) 21} For at the meal, each one eats his own supper.^(F1) So one person is hungry while another gets drunk! ²² Don’t you have homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I do not praise you in this matter!

²³ For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you:^(C1) On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread, ²⁴ and when he had given thanks, broke it, and said,^(F1) “This is my body, which is

²⁵ In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, and said, “This cup is the new covenant²⁶ For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death^(C1) until he comes.^(C2)

Self-Examination

²⁷ So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sin against the body^(F1) and blood of the Lord. ²⁸ Let a person examine himself; in this way let him eat the bread and drink from the cup. ²⁹ For whoever eats and drinks without recognizing the body,^(F1) eats and drinks judgment^(C1) on himself. ³⁰ This is why many are sick and ill among you, and many have fallen asleep.^{(C1) 31} If we were properly judging ourselves, we would not be judged, ³² but when we are judged^(C1) by the Lord, we are disciplined, so that we may not be condemned^(C2) with the world.

³³ Therefore, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, welcome one another.^{(F1) 34} If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you gather together you will not come under judgment. I will give instructions about the other matters whenever I come.^(C1)