1 Corinthians 11 (NET)

1 Corinthians 11:1¹Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:2²I praise you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions just as I passed them on to you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:3³But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:4⁴Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered disgraces his head.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:5⁵But any woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered disgraces her head, for it is one and the same thing as having a shaved head.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:6⁶For if a woman will not cover her head, she should cut off her hair. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, she should cover her head.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:7⁷For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of the man.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:8⁸For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:9⁹Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for man.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:10¹⁰For this reason a woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:11¹¹In any case, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:12¹²For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman. But all things come from God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:13¹³Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:14¹⁴Does not nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace for him,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:15¹⁵but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:16¹⁶If anyone intends to quarrel about this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:17¹⁷Now in giving the following instruction I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:18¹⁸For in the first place, when you come together as a church I hear there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:19¹⁹For there must in fact be divisions among you, so that those of you who are approved may be evident.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:20²⁰Now when you come together at the same place, you are not really eating the Lord’s Supper.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:21²¹For when it is time to eat, everyone proceeds with his own supper. One is hungry and another becomes drunk.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:22²²Do you not have houses so that you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show contempt for the church of God by shaming those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:23²³For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:24²⁴and after he had given thanks he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:25²⁵In the same way, he also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, every time you drink it, in remembrance of me.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:26²⁶For every time you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:27²⁷For this reason, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:28²⁸A person should examine himself first, and in this way let him eat the bread and drink of the cup.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:29²⁹For the one who eats and drinks without careful regard for the body eats and drinks judgment against himself.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:30³⁰That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few are dead.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:31³¹But if we examined ourselves, we would not be judged.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:32³²But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:33³³So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Corinthians 11:34³⁴If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that when you assemble it does not lead to judgment. I will give directions about other matters when I come.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions