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but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or to be shaved, she should wear a veil. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>For a man ought not to have his head veiled, since he is the image and reflection<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-32864c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span> of God; but woman is the reflection<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-32864d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</span> of man. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>Indeed, man was not made from woman, but woman from man. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>For this reason a woman ought to have a symbol of<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-32867e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote e">e</a>]</span> authority on her head,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-32867f" title="See footnote f">f</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote f">f</a>]</span> because of the angels. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man or man independent of woman. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman; but all things come from God. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head unveiled? </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair, it is degrading to him, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>But if anyone is disposed to be contentious—we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Abuses at the Lord’s Supper</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>Now 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> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>For, to begin with, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and to some extent I believe it. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>Indeed, there have to be factions among you, for only so will it become clear who among you are genuine. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>When you come together, it is not really to eat the Lord’s supper. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>For when the time comes to eat, each of you goes ahead with your own supper, and one goes hungry and another becomes drunk. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>What! Do you not have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you show contempt for the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I commend you? In this matter I do not commend you!</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">The Institution of the Lord’s Supper</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">23</span>For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">24</span>and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body that is for<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-32881g" title="See footnote g">g</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote g">g</a>]</span> you. Do this in remembrance of me.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">25</span>In the same way he took the cup also, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">26</span>For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Partaking of the Supper Unworthily</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">27</span>Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be answerable for the body and blood of the Lord. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">28</span>Examine yourselves, and only then eat of the bread and drink of the cup. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">29</span>For all who eat and drink<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-32886h" title="See footnote h">h</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote h">h</a>]</span> without discerning the body,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-32886i" title="See footnote i">i</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote i">i</a>]</span> eat and drink judgment against themselves. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">30</span>For this reason many of you are weak and ill, and some have died.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-32887j" title="See footnote j">j</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote j">j</a>]</span> </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">31</span>But if we judged ourselves, we would not be judged. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">32</span>But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-32889k" title="See footnote k">k</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote k">k</a>]</span> so that we may not be condemned along with the world.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">33</span>So then, my brothers and sisters,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-32890l" title="See footnote l">l</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote l">l</a>]</span> when you come together to eat, wait for one another. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">34</span>If you are hungry, eat at home, so that when you come together, it will not be for your condemnation. About the other things I will give instructions when I come.</span></p> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Corinthians 11:3">1 Corinthians 11:3</a> <span class='footnote-text'>The same Greek word means <i>man</i> or <i>husband</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Corinthians 11:3">1 Corinthians 11:3</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>head of the woman</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Corinthians 11:7">1 Corinthians 11:7</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>glory</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Corinthians 11:7">1 Corinthians 11:7</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>glory</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Corinthians 11:10">1 Corinthians 11:10</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk lacks <i>a symbol of</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Corinthians 11:10">1 Corinthians 11:10</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>have freedom of choice regarding her head</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Corinthians 11:24">1 Corinthians 11:24</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Other ancient authorities read <i>is broken for</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Corinthians 11:29">1 Corinthians 11:29</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Other ancient authorities add <i>in an unworthy manner,</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Corinthians 11:29">1 Corinthians 11:29</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Other ancient authorities read <i>the Lord’s body</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Corinthians 11:30">1 Corinthians 11:30</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk <i>fallen asleep</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Corinthians 11:32">1 Corinthians 11:32</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>When we are judged, we are being disciplined by the Lord</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Corinthians 11:33">1 Corinthians 11:33</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk <i>brothers</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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