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¹ Become imitators of me, - even as, I also, am of Christ.² Now I praise you, that, in all things, ye have me in remembrance, and, even as I delivered unto you the instructions, ye hold them fast.³ But I wish you to know - that, the head of every man, is, the Christ, and, the head of a woman, is, the man; and, the head of the Christ, is, God.⁴ Every man, praying, or prophesying, having anything upon his head, putteth to shame his head;⁵ But, every woman, praying, or prophesying, with her head, unveiled, putteth to shame her head, - for it is, one and the same, with her having been shaven.⁶ For, if a woman doth not veil herself, let her also be shorn; but, if it were a shame in a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be veiled.⁷ For, a man, indeed, ought not to be veiling his head, being, the image and glory of God, - but, the woman, is the glory of man;⁸ For, man, is not, of woman, but, woman, of man;⁹ For also man was not created, for the sake of the woman, but woman, for the sake of the man.¹⁰ For this cause, ought the woman to have, permission, upon her head, because of the messengers.¹¹ Howbeit, neither is woman apart from man, nor man apart from woman - in the Lord;¹² For, just as the woman is of the man, so, also the man, is through means of the woman; - but, all things, are of God.¹³ Among your own selves, judge ye, - Is it becoming for a woman, - unveiled, to be praying unto God?¹⁴ Doth not, even nature herself, teach you - that, if, a man, have long hair, it is a dishonour to him;¹⁵ But, if, a woman, have long hair, it is a glory to her, for, her long hair, instead of a veil, hath been given to her.¹⁶ But, if anyone thinketh to be contentious, we, have no such custom, - nor yet the assemblies of God.

¹⁷ But, in giving you the following charge, I praise you not, - in that, not for the better, but for the worse, ye come together.¹⁸ For, first of all, - when ye come together in assembly, I hear that divisions among you exist, - and, in part, I believe it;¹⁹ For there must needs be, even parties among you, that, the approved, themselvesmay become manifest among you.²⁰ When, therefore, ye come together into one place, it is not to eat, a supper unto the Lord;²¹ For, each one, taketh beforehand, his own supper, in your eating, and, one, indeed, is hungry, whereas, another, is drinking to excess.²² What! have ye not houses for your eating and drinking? or, the assembly of God, do ye despise, and, put to shame them who have nothing? What am I to say to you? Shall I praise you? In this, I praise you not.

²³ For, I myself, received from the Lord - that which I also delivered unto you, - how that, the Lord Jesus, in the night in which he was being delivered up, took a loaf,²⁴ And, giving thanks, brake it, and said - This, is my body, which is for you, - this, do ye, in remembrance of me;²⁵ In the same manner, the cup also, after they had taken supper, saying - This cup, is, the new covenant in my blood, this, do ye, as often soever as ye may be drinking it, in remembrance of me.²⁶ For, as often as ye may be eating this loaf, and, the cup, may be drinking, The death of the Lord, do ye announce, until he come.²⁷ So that, whosoever may be eating the loaf, or drinking the cup of the Lord, in an unworthy manner, shall be responsible for the body and blood of the Lord.²⁸ But let a man be proving himself, - and, so, of the loaf, let him eat, and, of the cup, let him drink;²⁹ For, he that is eating and drinking, - judgment unto himself, doth eat and drink, - if he be not setting apart the body.³⁰ For this cause, many among you are weak and sickly; and, not a few, are falling asleep.³¹ If, however, we had been setting, ourselves, apart, we had not, in that case, been coming under judgment;³² But, being brought under judgment, by the Lord, are we being disciplined, lest, with the world, we should be condemned.³³ So then, my brethren, - when ye come together for the eating, unto one another, be giving welcome: - ³⁴ If anyone be hungry, at home, let him eat, lest, unto judgment, ye be coming together. And, the remaining things, whensoever I come, I will set in order.