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

² Now ^(C1)I praise you because you ^(C2)remember me in everything and ^(C3)hold firmly to the traditions, just as I handed them down to you.³ But I want you to understand that Christ is the ^(C1)head of every man, and ^(F1)(C2)the man is the head of a woman, and God is the ^(C3)head of Christ.⁴ Every man who has something on his head while praying or ^(C1)prophesying disgraces his head.⁵ But every ^(C1)woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for it 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, have her also ^(F2)cut her hair off; however, if it is disgraceful for a woman to ^(F2)have her hair cut off or ^(F1)her head shaved, have her cover ^(F1)her head.⁷ For a man should not 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 should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.¹¹ However, in the Lord, neither is woman ^(F1)independent of man, nor is man ^(F1)independent of woman.¹² For as the woman originated from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and ^(C1)all things 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 even nature itself not 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 as a covering.¹⁶ But if anyone is inclined to be contentious, ^(C1)we have no ^(F1)such practice, nor have ^(C2)the churches of God.

¹⁷ Now in giving this next 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 also ^(C1)have to be factions among you, ^(C2)so that those who are approved may become ^(F1)evident among you.²⁰ Therefore when you come together it is not to eat the Lord's Supper,²¹ for when you eat, each one takes his own supper first; and one goes hungry while ^(C1)another gets drunk.²² What! 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 am I to say to you? Shall ^(C3)I praise you? In this I do not praise you.

The Lord's Supper

²³ For ^(C1)I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that ^(C2)the Lord Jesus, on the night when He was 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 also took ^(C1)the cup 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 Lord's death ^(C1)until He comes.

²⁷ Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy way, shall be ^(C1)guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.²⁸ But a person must ^(C1)examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup.²⁹ For the one who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not properly recognize the ^(F1)body.³⁰ For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number ^(F1)(C1)are asleep.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 and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.³⁴ If anyone is ^(C1)hungry, have him eat ^(C2)at home, so that you do not come together for judgment. As to the remaining matters, I will ^(C3)give instructions ^(C4)when I come.