1 Corinthians 11

Do All to the Glory of God

1 z Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

Head Coverings

2 Now I commend you a because you remember me in everything and b maintain the traditions c even as I delivered them to you. 3 But I want you to understand that d the head of every man is Christ, e the head of a wife 1 is her husband, and f the head of Christ is God. 4 Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, 5 but every wife 2 who prays or g prophesies h with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same i as if her head were shaven. 6 For if a wife will not cover her head, then she should cut her hair short. But since it is disgraceful for a wife to cut off her hair or shave her head, let her cover her head. 7 For a man ought not to cover his head, since j he is the image and glory of God, but k woman is the glory of man. 8 For l man was not made from woman, but woman from man. 9 Neither was man created for woman, but m woman for man. 10 That is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. 3 11 Nevertheless, n in the Lord woman is not independent of man nor man of woman; 12 for as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman. And o all things are from God. 13 Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a wife to pray to God with her head uncovered? 14 Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace for him, 15 but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering. 16 p If anyone is inclined to be contentious, we have no such practice, nor do q the churches of God.

The Lord's Supper

17 But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. 18 For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, r I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part, 4 19 for s there must be factions among you in order t that those who are genuine among you may be recognized. 20 When you come together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat. 21 For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal. One goes hungry, u another gets drunk. 22 What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise v the church of God and w humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you in this? No, I will not.

23 For x I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that y the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "This is my body which is for 5 you. Do this in remembrance of me." 6 25 In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death z until he comes.

27 a Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord b in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning c the body and blood of the Lord. 28 d Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. 30 That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some e have died. 7 31 f But if we judged 8 ourselves truly, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged by the Lord, g we are disciplined 9 so that we may not be h condemned along with the world.

33 So then, my brothers, 10 when you come together to eat, wait for 11 one another - 34 i if anyone is hungry, j let him eat at home - so that when you come together it will not be for judgment. About the other things k I will give directions l when I come.

  1. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 4:16
    I urge you, then, be imitators of me.
  2. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 4:17
    That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.
    1 Thessalonians 3:6
    But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, as we long to see you -
  3. Cross References
    2 Thessalonians 2:15
    So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter.
    2 Thessalonians 3:6
    Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.
  4. Cross References
    1 Thessalonians 4:1 - 2
    Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more.
  5. Cross References
    Ephesians 1:22
    And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church.
    Ephesians 4:15
    Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.
    Ephesians 5:23
    For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
    Colossians 1:18
    And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
  6. Cross References
    Genesis 3:16
    To the woman he said, "I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.
  7. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 3:23
    And you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
  8. Cross References
    Luke 2:36
    And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin.
    Acts 21:9
    He had four unmarried daughters, who prophesied.
    1 Corinthians 14:34
    The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says.
  9. Cross References
    Numbers 5:18
    And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord and unbind the hair of the woman's head and place in her hands the grain offering of remembrance, which is the grain offering of jealousy. And in his hand the priest shall have the water of bitterness that brings the curse.
  10. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 21:12
    And you bring her home to your house, she shall shave her head and pare her nails.
  11. Cross References
    Genesis 1:26
    Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
  12. Cross References
    Proverbs 12:4
    An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
  13. Cross References
    Genesis 2:21 - 23
    So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.
    1 Timothy 2:13
    For Adam was formed first, then Eve.
  14. Cross References
    Genesis 2:18
    Then the Lord God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.
  15. Cross References
    Galatians 3:28
    There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
  16. Cross References
    Romans 11:36
    For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.
  17. Cross References
    1 Timothy 6:3 - 4
    If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness.
  18. Cross References
    2 Thessalonians 1:4
    Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring.
    1 Thessalonians 2:14
    For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews.
    1 Corinthians 7:17
    Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches.
    1 Corinthians 10:32
    Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God.
  19. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 1:10 - 12
    I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.
    1 Corinthians 3:3
    For you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way?
  20. Cross References
    Matthew 18:7
    Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes!
    Luke 17:1
    And he said to his disciples, "Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!
    Acts 20:30
    And from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them.
    1 Timothy 4:1
    Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons.
    2 Peter 2:1
    But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
  21. Cross References
    1 John 2:19
    They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us.
    Deuteronomy 13:3
    You shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For the Lord your God is testing you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
  22. Cross References
    2 Peter 2:13
    Suffering wrong as the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, while they feast with you.
    Jude 1:12
    These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted.
  23. Cross References
    Acts 20:28
    Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
  24. Cross References
    Proverbs 17:5
    Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
    James 2:6
    But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court?
  25. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 15:3
    For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures.
    Galatians 1:12
    For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
  26. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 11:23 - 25
    For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread.
    Matthew 26:26 - 28
    Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body.
    Mark 14:22 - 24
    And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, "Take; this is my body.
    Luke 22:19 - 20
    And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.
  27. Cross References
    John 21:22
    Jesus said to him, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!
  28. Cross References
    Numbers 9:10
    Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If any one of you or of your descendants is unclean through touching a dead body, or is on a long journey, he shall still keep the Passover to the Lord.
    Numbers 9:13
    But if anyone who is clean and is not on a journey fails to keep the Passover, that person shall be cut off from his people because he did not bring the Lord 's offering at its appointed time; that man shall bear his sin.
  29. Cross References
    John 13:27
    Then after he had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, "What you are going to do, do quickly.
  30. Cross References
    John 6:51
    I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.
    John 6:53 - 56
    So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
  31. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 13:5
    Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? - unless indeed you fail to meet the test!
    Galatians 6:4
    But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor.
  32. Cross References
    Matthew 27:52
    The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
  33. Cross References
    1 John 1:9
    If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
  34. Cross References
    Proverbs 3:11
    My son, do not despise the Lord 's discipline or be weary of his reproof.
  35. Cross References
    Romans 5:16
    And the free gift is not like the result of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification.
  36. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 11:21
    For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal. One goes hungry, another gets drunk.
  37. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 11:22
    What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you in this? No, I will not.
  38. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 7:17
    Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches.
    Titus 1:5
    This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you -
  39. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 4:19
    But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk of these arrogant people but their power.
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