1Cor 11 | NASB2020 | STEP | Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ .

aq 1 Cor 11:23-25: Matt 26:26-28; Mark 14:22-24; Luke 22:17-20; 1 Cor 10:16

ar 1 Cor 10:16

as Ex 24:6-8; Luke 22:20; 2 Cor 3:6

at John 21:22; 1 Cor 4:5

au Heb 10:29

av Matt 26:22; 2 Cor 13:5; Gal 6:4

ay Acts 7:60

az 2 Sam 7:14; Ps 94:12; Heb 12:7-10; Rev 3:19

ba 1 Cor 1:20

bb 1 Cor 11:21

bc 1 Cor 11:22

bd 1 Cor 4:17; 7:17; 16:1

be 1 Cor 4:19

1 Corinthians 11

Christian Order

1 ^aBe imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.

2 Now ^bI praise you because you ^cremember me in everything and ^dhold firmly to the traditions, just as I handed them down to you. 3 But I want you to understand that Christ is the ^ehead of every man, and ^{▼▼Or the head of a woman is her husband
,} ^gthe man is the head of a woman, and God is the ^hhead of Christ. 4 Every man who has something on his head while praying or ⁱprophesying disgraces his head. 5 But every ^jwoman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for it is one and the same as the woman ^{▼▼Lit who is shaved}whose head is ^lshaved. 6 For if a woman does not cover ^{▼▼Lit herself}her head, have her also ^{▼▼Lit shear herself}cut her hair off; however, if it is disgraceful for a woman to ^{▼▼Lit shear herself}have her hair cut off or ^{▼▼Lit herself}her head shaved, have her cover ^{▼▼Lit herself}her head. 7 For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the ^rimage and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. 8 For ^sman ^{▼▼Lit is not from}does not originate from woman, but woman from man; 9 for indeed man was not created for the woman’s sake, but ^uwoman for the man’s sake. 10 Therefore the woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. 11 However, in the Lord, neither is woman ^{▼▼Lit without}independent of man, nor is man ^{▼▼Lit without}independent of woman. 12 For as the woman originated from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and ^xall things originate ^yfrom God. 13 ^zJudge ^{▼▼Lit among}for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? 14 Does even nature itself not teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him, 15 but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her as a covering. 16 But if anyone is inclined to be contentious, ^abwe have no ^{▼▼I.e., the one advocated by Paul’s opponents}such practice, nor have ^adthe churches of God.

17 Now in giving this next instruction ^aeI do not praise you, because you come together not for the better, but for the worse. 18 For, in the first place, when you come together ^{▼▼Lit in church}as a church, I hear that ^{▼▼Or dissensions
,} ^ahdivisions exist among you; and in part I believe it. 19 For there also ^aihave to be factions among you, ^ajso that those who are approved may become ^{▼▼Or recognizable}evident among you. 20 Therefore when you come together it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper, 21 for when you eat, each one takes his own supper first; and one goes hungry while ^alanother gets drunk. 22 What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the ^amchurch of God and ^anshame those who have nothing? What am I to say to you? Shall ^aoI praise you? In this I do not praise you.

The Lord’s Supper

23 For ^apI received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that ^aqthe Lord Jesus, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread; 24 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.” 25 In the same way He also took ^arthe cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the ^asnew covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death ^atuntil He comes.

27 Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy way, shall be ^auguilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. 28 But a person must ^avexamine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For the one who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not properly recognize the ^{▼▼I.e., body of the Lord}body. 30 For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number ^{▼▼I.e., are dead
,} ^ayare asleep. 31 But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are ^azdisciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with ^bathe world.

33 So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. 34 If anyone is ^bbhungry, have him eat ^bcat home, so that you do not come together for judgment. As to the remaining matters, I will ^bdgive instructions ^bewhen I come.