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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 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="../topmenuchap/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="../">ESV</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 class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/1_corinthians/11.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.</p> <p class="heading">Head Coverings</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek gune. This term may refer to a woman or a wife, depending on the context">a</a></sup></span> is her husband,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek aner. This term may refer to a man or a husband, depending on the context">b</a></sup></span> and the head of Christ is God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>but every wife<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="In verses 5-13, the Greek word gune is translated wife in verses that deal with wearing a veil, a sign of being married in first-century culture">c</a></sup></span> who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For man was not made from woman, but woman from man. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>That is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or messengers, that is, people sent to observe and report">d</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man nor man of woman; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>for as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman. And all things are from God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a wife to pray to God with her head uncovered? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace for him, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>If anyone is inclined to be contentious, we have no such practice, nor do the churches of God.</p> <p class="heading">The Lord’s Supper</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or I believe a certain report">e</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>When you come together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal. One goes hungry, another gets drunk. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>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, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, <span class="woc">“This is my body, which is for<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some manuscripts broken for">f</a></sup></span> you. Do this in remembrance of me.”<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or as my memorial; also verse 25">g</a></sup></span></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, <span class="woc">“This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek have fallen asleep (as in 15:6, 20)">h</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>But if we judged<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or discerned">i</a></sup></span> ourselves truly, we would not be judged. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or when we are judged we are being disciplined by the Lord">j</a></sup></span> so that we may not be condemned along with the world.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>So then, my brothers,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or brothers and sisters">k</a></sup></span> when you come together to eat, wait for<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or share with">l</a></sup></span> one another— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home—so that when you come together it will not be for judgment. About the other things I will give directions when I come.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Greek <i language="Greek">gune</i>. This term may refer to a <i>woman</i> or a <i class="catch-word">wife</i>, depending on the context<br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Greek <i language="Greek">aner</i>. This term may refer to a <i>man</i> or a <i>husband</i>, depending on the context<br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> In verses 5 - 13, the Greek word <i language="Greek">gune</i> is translated <i class="catch-word">wife</i> in verses that deal with wearing a veil, a sign of being married in first-century culture<br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Or <i>messengers</i>, that is, people sent to observe and report<br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> Or <i>I believe a certain report</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> Some manuscripts <i>broken for</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">g</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> Or <i>as my memorial</i>; also verse 25<br /><span class="footnotesbot">h</span> <span class="fnverse">30</span> Greek <i>have fallen asleep</i> (as in 15:6, 20)<br /><span class="footnotesbot">i</span> <span class="fnverse">31</span> Or <i>discerned</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">j</span> <span class="fnverse">32</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">when we are judged</span> we are being disciplined by the Lord</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">k</span> <span class="fnverse">33</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">brothers</span> and sisters</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">l</span> <span class="fnverse">33</span> Or <i>share with</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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