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(But suppose someone tells you, "This meat was offered to an idol." Don't eat it, out of consideration for the conscience of the one who told you.

It might not be a matter of conscience for you, but it is for the other person.) For why should my freedom be limited by what someone else thinks?

If I can thank God for the food and enjoy it, why should I be condemned for eating it?

So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

I, too, try to please everyone in everything I do. I don't just do what is best for me; I do what is best for others so that many may be saved.

But a woman dishonors her head if she prays or prophesies without a covering on her head, for this is the same as shaving her head.

Yes, if she refuses to wear a head covering, she should cut off all her hair! But since it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or her head shaved, she should wear a covering.

A man should not wear anything on his head when worshiping, for man is made in God's image and reflects God's glory. And woman reflects man's glory.

For the first man didn't come from woman, but the first woman came from man.

And man was not made for woman, but woman was made for man.

For this reason, and because the angels are watching, a woman should wear a covering on her head to show she is under authority.

For although the first woman came from man, every other man was born from a woman, and everything comes from God.

Judge for yourselves. Is it right for a woman to pray to God in public without covering her head?

Isn't it obvious that it's disgraceful for a man to have long hair?

And isn't long hair a woman's pride and joy? For it has been given to her as a covering.

But in the following instructions, I cannot praise you. For it sounds as if more harm than good is done when you meet together.

For some of you hurry to eat your own meal without sharing with others. As a result, some go hungry while others get drunk.

What? Don't you have your own homes for eating and drinking? Or do you really want to disgrace God's church and shame the poor? What am I supposed to say? Do you want me to praise you? Well, I certainly will not praise you for this!

For I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself. On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread

and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and said, "This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me."