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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>1 Corinthians 11</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_corinthians/11.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//1_corinthians/11-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/1_corinthians/">1 Corinthians</a> > 1 Corinthians 11</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_corinthians/10.htm" title="1 Corinthians 10">◄</a> 1 Corinthians 11 <a href="../1_corinthians/12.htm" title="1 Corinthians 12">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/1_corinthians/11.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/1_corinthians/11.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/1_corinthians/11.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/1_corinthians/11.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/1_corinthians/11.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/1_corinthians/11.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/1_corinthians/11.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Roles in Worship<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ. <A name="3"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>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. <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>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. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For man did not come from woman, but woman from man. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For this reason a woman ought to have a sign of authority on<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> her head, because of the angels. <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God. <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Doesn’t nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>If anyone is inclined to dispute this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God. <A name="18"></a><p class="hdg">Sharing in the Lord’s Supper<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/26.htm#20">Matthew 26:20–30</a>; <a href ="../mark/14.htm#17">Mark 14:17–26</a>; <a href ="../luke/22.htm#14">Luke 22:14–23</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>In the following instructions I have no praise to offer, because your gatherings do more harm than good. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>First of all, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved. <A name="21"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> While one remains hungry, another gets drunk. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>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? No, I will not! <A name="24"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread, <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, <span class="red">“This is My body, which is for you;<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> do this in remembrance of Me.”</span> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, <span class="red">“This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”</span> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. <A name="28"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> body and blood of the Lord. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> eats and drinks judgment on himself. <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. <A name="32"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment. <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world. <A name="34"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>So, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>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.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>have authority over</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">21</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Literally <i>each one takes first his own meal.</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">24</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> BYZ and TR <i>which is broken for you</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">27</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Or <i>will be responsible for the</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">29</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> BYZ and TR <i>the body of the Lord</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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