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CHAPTER 11

You are to

imitate

me,

just as

I imitate

Christ.

Now

I commend

you

for

remembering

me

in everything

and

for maintaining

the

traditions,

just as

I passed them on

to you.

But

I want

you

to understand

that

the

head

of every

man

is

Christ,

and

the head

of the woman

is man,

and

the head

of Christ

is God.

Every

man

who prays

or

prophesies

with

his head

covered

dishonors

his

head.

And

every

woman

who prays

or

prophesies

with her

head

uncovered

dishonors

her

head,

for

it is

just as if

her head were shaved.

If

a woman

does not

cover her head,

let her hair be cut off.

And

if it is

shameful

for a woman

to have her hair cut

or

shaved off,

she should cover her head.

A man

ought

not

to cover

his

head,

since he is

the image

and

glory

of God;

but

the

woman

is

the glory

of man.

For

man

did not come

from

woman,

but

woman

from

man.

Neither

was man

created

for

woman,

but

woman

for

man.

For this reason

a woman

ought

to have

a sign of authority

on

her

head,

because of

the

angels.

In

the Lord,

however,

woman

is not

independent

of man,

nor

is man

independent

of woman.

For

just as

woman

came from

man,

so

also

man

is born of

woman.

But

everything

comes from

God.

Judge

for

yourselves:

Is it

proper

for a woman

to pray

to God

with her head uncovered?

Doesn’t

nature

itself

teach

you

that

if

a man

has long hair,

it is

a disgrace

to him,

but that

if

a woman

has long hair,

it is

her

glory?

For

long hair

is given

to her

as

a covering.

If

anyone

is inclined to dispute this,

we

have

no

other

practice,

nor

do the

churches

of God.

In the following

instructions

I have no praise to offer,

because

your gatherings

do more harm

than good.

First of all,

I hear that

when you

come together

as

a church,

there are

divisions

among

you,

and

in part

I believe

it.

And

indeed,

there must

be

differences

among

you

to

show

which

of

you

are approved.

Now then,

when you

come together,

it is

not

the Lord’s

Supper

you eat.

For

as

you eat,

many of you

proceed with

your

own

meal to the exclusion of others.

While

one

remains hungry,

another

gets drunk.

Don’t

you have

your own

homes

in

which

to eat

and

drink?

Or

do you despise

the

church

of God

and

humiliate

those who

have

nothing?

What

can I say

to you?

Shall I praise

you

for

this?

Of course not!

For

I

received

from

the

Lord

what

I also passed on

to you:

that

the

Lord

Jesus,

on

the

night

He was betrayed,

took

bread,

and

when He had given thanks,

He broke it

and

said,

“This

is

My

body,

which is

for

you;

do

this

in

remembrance

of Me.”

In the same way,

after

supper

He took the

cup,

saying,

“This

cup

is

the

new

covenant

in

My

blood;

do

this,

as often as

you drink it,

in

remembrance

of Me."

For

as often as

you eat

this

bread

and

drink

this

cup,

you proclaim

the

Lord’s

death

until

He comes.

Therefore,

whoever

eats

the

bread

or

drinks

the

cup

of the

Lord

in an unworthy manner

will be

guilty of sinning

against the

body

and

blood

of the

Lord.

Each one

must examine

himself

before

he eats

of

the

bread

and

drinks

of

the

cup.

For

anyone who

eats

and

drinks

without

recognizing

the

body

eats

and

drinks

judgment

on himself.

That is why

many

among

you

are weak

and

sick,

and

a number of you

have fallen asleep.

Now

if

we judged

ourselves properly,

we would not come under judgment.

But

when we are judged

by

the

Lord,

we are being disciplined

so that

we will not be condemned

with

the

world.

So,

my

brothers,

when you come together

to

eat,

wait for

one another.

If

anyone

is hungry,

he should eat

at

home,

so that

when you come together

it will not result

in

judgment.

And

when

I come,

I will give instructions

about the

remaining matters.

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