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^1 (C1)Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.

Head Coverings

² Now ^(C1)I praise you because you ^(C2)remember me in everything and ^(C3)hold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.³ But I want you to understand that ^(F1)Christ is the ^(C1)head of every man, and ^(C2)the man is the head of a woman, and God is the ^(C3)head of ^(F1)Christ.⁴ Every man who has something on his head while praying or ^(C1)prophesying, shames his head.⁵ But every ^(C1)woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying, shames her head, for she is one and the same as the woman ^(F1)whose head is ^(C2)shaved.⁶ For if a woman does not cover ^(F1)her head, let her also ^(F2)have her hair cut short. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to ^(F2)have her hair cut short or ^(F1)her head shaved, let her cover ^(F1)her head.⁷ For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the ^(C1)image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of man.⁸ For ^(C1)man ^(F1)does not originate from woman, but woman from man.⁹ For indeed man was not created for the woman's sake, but ^(C1)woman for the man's sake.¹⁰ Therefore the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.¹¹ Nevertheless, in the Lord, neither is woman ^(F1)independent of man, nor is man ^(F1)independent of woman.¹² For as the woman ^(F1)originates from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman, but ^(C1)all things ^(F2)originate ^(C2)from God.^13 (C1)Judge ^(F1)for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?¹⁴ Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him,¹⁵ but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her for a covering.¹⁶ But if one is inclined to be contentious, ^(C1)we have no ^(F1)other practice, nor have ^(C2)the churches of God.

The Lord's Supper

¹⁷ But in giving this instruction, ^(C1)I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.¹⁸ For, in the first place, when you come together ^(F1)as a church, I hear that ^(F2)(C1)divisions exist among you, and in part I believe it.¹⁹ For there ^(C1)must also be factions among you, ^(C2)so that those who are approved may become ^(F1)evident among you.²⁰ Therefore when you meet together in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper,²¹ for in your eating each one takes his own supper first, and one is hungry and ^(C1)another is drunk.²² For do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the ^(C1)church of God and ^(C2)shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall ^(C3)I praise you? In this I will not praise you.

²³ For ^(C1)I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that ^(C2)the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was being betrayed took bread,²⁴ 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."²⁵ In the same way He took ^(C1)the cup also after supper, saying, "This cup is the ^(C2)new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."²⁶ For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord ^(C1)until He comes.

²⁷ Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be ^(C1)guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.²⁸ But a man must ^(C1)test himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup.²⁹ For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly.³⁰ For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number ^(F1)(C1)sleep.³¹ But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged.³² But when we are judged, we are ^(C1)disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with ^(C2)the world.

³³ So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.³⁴ If anyone is ^(C1)hungry, let him eat ^(C2)at home, so that you will not come together for judgment. The remaining matters I will ^(C3)direct ^(C4)when I come.