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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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="../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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="par"><span class="v46_11_1"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.1" class="v46_11_1">1</span><a href="#fn" id="link_1Cor.11.1!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Imitate me, then, just as I imitate Christ.</span></p><h3 class="s">Covering the Head in Worship</h3><p class="par"><span class="v46_11_2"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.2" class="v46_11_2">2</span>I praise you because you always remember me and follow the teachings that I have handed on to you. </span><span class="v46_11_3"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.3" class="v46_11_3">3</span>But I want you to understand that Christ is supreme over every man, the husband is supreme over his wife, and God is supreme over Christ. </span><span class="v46_11_4"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.4" class="v46_11_4">4</span>So a man who prays or proclaims God's message in public worship with his head covered disgraces Christ. </span><span class="v46_11_5"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.5" class="v46_11_5">5</span>And any woman who prays or proclaims God's message in public worship with nothing on her head disgraces her husband; there is no difference between her and a woman whose head has been shaved. </span><span class="v46_11_6"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.6" class="v46_11_6">6</span>If the woman does not cover her head, she might as well cut her hair. And since it is a shameful thing for a woman to shave her head or cut her hair, she should cover her head. </span><span class="v46_11_7"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.7" class="v46_11_7">7</span><a href="#fn" id="link_1Cor.11.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> A man has no need to cover his head, because he reflects the image and glory of God. But woman reflects the glory of man; </span><span class="v46_11_8"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.8" class="v46_11_8">8</span><a href="#fn" id="link_1Cor.11.8!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> for man was not created from woman, but woman from man. </span><span class="v46_11_9"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.9" class="v46_11_9">9</span>Nor was man created for woman's sake, but woman was created for man's sake. </span><span class="v46_11_10"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.10" class="v46_11_10">10</span>On account of the angels, then, a woman should have a covering over her head to show that she is under her husband's authority. </span><span class="v46_11_11"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.11" class="v46_11_11">11</span>In our life in the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. </span><span class="v46_11_12"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.12" class="v46_11_12">12</span>For as woman was made from man, in the same way man is born of woman; and it is God who brings everything into existence.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v46_11_13"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.13" class="v46_11_13">13</span>Judge for yourselves whether it is proper for a woman to pray to God in public worship with nothing on her head. </span><span class="v46_11_14"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.14" class="v46_11_14">14</span>Why, nature itself teaches you that long hair on a man is a disgrace, </span><span class="v46_11_15"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.15" class="v46_11_15">15</span>but on a woman it is a thing of beauty. Her long hair has been given her to serve as a covering. </span><span class="v46_11_16"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.16" class="v46_11_16">16</span>But if anyone wants to argue about it, all I have to say is that neither we nor the churches of God have any other custom in worship.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Lord's Supper</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 26:26-29">Matthew 26.26-29</ref>; <ref loc="MRK 14:22-25">Mark 14.22-25</ref>; <ref loc="LUK 22:14-20">Luke 22.14-20</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v46_11_17"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.17" class="v46_11_17">17</span>In the following instructions, however, I do not praise you, because your meetings for worship actually do more harm than good. </span><span class="v46_11_18"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.18" class="v46_11_18">18</span>In the first place, I have been told that there are opposing groups in your meetings; and this I believe is partly true. ( </span><span class="v46_11_19"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.19" class="v46_11_19">19</span>No doubt there must be divisions among you so that the ones who are in the right may be clearly seen.) </span><span class="v46_11_20"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.20" class="v46_11_20">20</span>When you meet together as a group, it is not the Lord's Supper that you eat. </span><span class="v46_11_21"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.21" class="v46_11_21">21</span>For as you eat, you each go ahead with your own meal, so that some are hungry while others get drunk. </span><span class="v46_11_22"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.22" class="v46_11_22">22</span>Don't you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or would you rather despise the church of God and put to shame the people who are in need? What do you expect me to say to you about this? Shall I praise you? Of course I don't!</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v46_11_23"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.23" class="v46_11_23">23</span>For I received from the Lord the teaching that I passed on to you: that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took a piece of bread, </span><span class="v46_11_24"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.24" class="v46_11_24">24</span>gave thanks to God, broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in memory of me.” </span><span class="v46_11_25"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.25" class="v46_11_25">25</span><a href="#fn" id="link_1Cor.11.25!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> In the same way, after the supper he took the cup and said, “This cup is God's new covenant, sealed with my blood. Whenever you drink it, do so in memory of me.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v46_11_26"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.26" class="v46_11_26">26</span>This means that every time you eat this bread and drink from this cup you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. </span><span class="v46_11_27"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.27" class="v46_11_27">27</span>It follows that if one of you eats the Lord's bread or drinks from his cup in a way that dishonors him, you are guilty of sin against the Lord's body and blood. </span><span class="v46_11_28"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.28" class="v46_11_28">28</span>So then, you should each examine yourself first, and then eat the bread and drink from the cup. </span><span class="v46_11_29"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.29" class="v46_11_29">29</span>For if you do not recognize the meaning of the Lord's body when you eat the bread and drink from the cup, you bring judgment on yourself as you eat and drink. </span><span class="v46_11_30"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.30" class="v46_11_30">30</span>That is why many of you are sick and weak, and several have died. </span><span class="v46_11_31"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.31" class="v46_11_31">31</span>If we would examine ourselves first, we would not come under God's judgment. </span><span class="v46_11_32"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.32" class="v46_11_32">32</span>But we are judged and punished by the Lord, so that we shall not be condemned together with the world.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v46_11_33"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.33" class="v46_11_33">33</span>So then, my friends, when you gather together to eat the Lord's Supper, wait for one another. </span><span class="v46_11_34"><span class="reftext" id="1Cor.11.34" class="v46_11_34">34</span>And if any of you are hungry, you should eat at home, so that you will not come under God's judgment as you meet together. 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