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¹ Be ye followers of me, as I also am of Christ.² Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the orders, as I delivered them to you.³ But I would have you know, that the head of the woman is the man, and the head of every man is Christ, and the head of Christ is God.⁴ Every man praying or prophesying with his head covered, dishonoureth his head.⁵ But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered, dishonoureth her head; for it is the same as if she were shaved.⁶ Therefore if a woman is not covered, let her also be shaved: but if it be shameful, for a woman to have her hair shaved off, or cut short, let her be covered.⁷ A man indeed ought not to have his head covered, being the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.⁸ For the man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man.⁹ Neither was the man created for the sake of the woman, but the woman for the sake of the man.¹⁰ For this cause also the woman ought to have a veil upon her head, because of the angels.¹¹ Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in the Lord.¹² And as the woman was of the man, so also the man is by the woman; but all things are of God.¹³ Judge of yourselves: is it decent for a woman to pray to God uncovered?¹⁴ Doth not nature itself teach you, that for a man to have long hair, is a disgrace to him?¹⁵ Whereas for a woman to have long hair, is a glory to her; for her hair was given her instead of a veil.¹⁶ But if any one be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.

¹⁷ But in this which I declare, I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.¹⁸ For first, when ye come together in the church, I hear there are schisms among you, (and I partly believe it.¹⁹ For there must be heresies also among you, that the approved among you may be manifest).²⁰ Therefore when ye come together into one place, it is not eating the Lord's supper.²¹ For in eating every one taketh before another his own supper, and one is hungry, another drinks largely.²² What! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or do ye despise the church of God, and shame them that have not? what shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this?

²³ I praise you not. For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus the night in which he was betrayed,²⁴ took bread, And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat, this is my body, which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of me.²⁵ In like manner also he took the cup after he had supped, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood: do this as often as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.²⁶ Therefore as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye shew forth the Lord's death, till he come.²⁷ So that whosoever shall eat the bread and drink the cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.²⁸ Therefore let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.²⁹ For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not distinguishing the Lord's body.³⁰ For this cause many are sick and weak among you, and many sleep.³¹ For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.³² But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.³³ Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait one for another.³⁴ And if any one be hungry, let him eat at home, that ye come not together to condemnation. And the rest I will set in order when I come.