Sept. 15
1 Corinthians 11
1Co 11:1 Be imitators
of me, even as I also am of Christ.
1Co 11:2 Now I praise
you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the
traditions, even as I delivered them to you.
1Co 11:3 But I would
have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of
the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.
1Co 11:4 Every man
praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head.
1Co 11:5 But every
woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonors her
head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved.
1Co 11:6 For if a woman
is not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it is shameful for a
woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered.
1Co 11:7 For a man
indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image
and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.
1Co 11:8 For man is not
from woman, but woman from man;
1Co 11:9 for neither
was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.
1Co 11:10 For this
cause the woman ought to have authority on her head, because of the
angels.
1Co 11:11 Nevertheless,
neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent
of the woman, in the Lord.
1Co 11:12 For as woman
came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things
are from God.
1Co 11:13 Judge for
yourselves. Is it appropriate that a woman pray to God unveiled?
1Co 11:14 Doesn't even
nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor
to him?
1Co 11:15 But if a
woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to
her for a covering.
1Co 11:16 But if any
man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God's
assemblies.
1Co 11:17 But in giving
you this command, I don't praise you, that you come together not for
the better but for the worse.
1Co 11:18 For first of
all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions
exist among you, and I partly believe it.
1Co 11:19 For there
also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be
revealed among you.
1Co 11:20 When
therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not the Lord's
supper that you eat.
1Co 11:21 For in your
eating each one takes his own supper first. One is hungry, and
another is drunken.
1Co 11:22 What, don't
you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God's
assembly, and put them to shame who don't have? What shall I tell
you? Shall I praise you? In this I don't praise you.
1Co 11:23 For I
received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the
Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.
1Co 11:24 When he had
given thanks, he broke it, and said, "Take, eat. This is my
body, which is broken for you. Do this in memory of me."
1Co 11:25 In the same
way he also took the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the
new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory
of me."
1Co 11:26 For as often
as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's
death until he comes.
1Co 11:27 Therefore
whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord's cup in a manner unworthy
of the Lord will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
1Co 11:28 But let a man
examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the
cup.
1Co 11:29 For he who
eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to
himself, if he doesn't discern the Lord's body.
1Co 11:30 For this
cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.
1Co 11:31 For if we
discerned ourselves, we wouldn't be judged.
1Co 11:32 But when we
are judged, we are punished by the Lord, that we may not be condemned
with the world.
1Co 11:33 Therefore, my
brothers, when you come together to eat, wait one for another.
1Co 11:34 But if anyone
is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for
judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.