Thematic Bible

1 Corinthians 11:1

Imitate me, as I myself imitate Christ.

1 Corinthians 11:2

I praise you, indeed, because you never forget me, and are keeping my injunctions in mind, exactly as I laid them upon you.

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I am anxious that you should understand that the Christ is the Head of every man, that man is the Head of woman, and that God is the Head of the Christ.

1 Corinthians 11:4

Any man who keeps his head covered, when praying or preaching in public, dishonors him who is his Head;

1 Corinthians 11:5

While any woman, who prays or preaches in public bare-headed, dishonors him who is her Head; for that is to make herself like one of the shameless women who shave their heads.

1 Corinthians 11:6

Indeed, if a woman does not keep her head covered, she may as well cut her hair short. But, since to cut her hair short, or shave it off, marks her as one of the shameless women, let her keep her head covered.

1 Corinthians 11:7

A man ought not to have his head covered, for he has been from the beginning 'the likeness of God' and the reflection of his glory, but woman is the reflection of man's glory.

1 Corinthians 11:8

For it was not man who was taken from woman, but woman who was taken from man.

1 Corinthians 11:9

Besides, man was not created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man.

1 Corinthians 11:10

And, therefore, a woman ought to wear on her head a symbol of her subjection, because of the presence of the angels.

1 Corinthians 11:11

Still, when in union with the Lord, woman is not independent of man, or man of woman;

1 Corinthians 11:12

For just as woman came from man, so man comes by means of woman; and all things come from God.

1 Corinthians 11:13

Judge for yourselves. Is it fitting that a woman should pray to God in public with her head uncovered?

1 Corinthians 11:14

Does not nature herself teach us that, while for a man to wear his hair long is degrading to him,

1 Corinthians 11:15

A woman's long hair is her glory? Her hair has been given her to serve as a covering.

1 Corinthians 11:16

If, however, any one still thinks it right to contest the point-well, we have no such custom, nor have the Churches of God.

1 Corinthians 11:17

In giving directions on the next subject, I cannot praise you; because your meetings do more harm than good.

1 Corinthians 11:18

To begin with, I hear you and, to some extent, I believe it.

1 Corinthians 11:19

Indeed, there must be actual parties among you, for so only will the men of real worth become known.

1 Corinthians 11:20

When you meet together, as I understand, it is not possible to eat the Lord's Supper;

1 Corinthians 11:21

For, as you eat, each of you tries to secure his own supper first, with the result that one has too little to eat, and another has too much to drink!

1 Corinthians 11:22

Have you no houses in which you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show your contempt for the Church of God, and to humiliate the poor? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this matter I cannot praise you.

1 Corinthians 11:23

For I myself received from the Lord the account which I have in turn given to you-how the Lord Jesus, on the very night of his betrayal, took some bread,

1 Corinthians 11:24

And, after saying the thanksgiving, broke it and said "This is my own body given on your behalf. Do this in memory of me."

1 Corinthians 11:25

And in the same way with the cup, after supper, saying "This cup is the new Covenant made by my blood. Do this, whenever you drink it, in memory of me."

1 Corinthians 11:26

For whenever you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death-till he comes.

1 Corinthians 11:27

Therefore, whoever eats the bread, or drinks the Lord's cup, in an irreverent spirit, will have to answer for an offence against the Lord's body and blood.

1 Corinthians 11:28

Let each man look into his own heart, and only then eat of the bread and drink from the cup.

1 Corinthians 11:29

For the man who eats and drinks brings a judgment upon himself by his eating and drinking, when he does not discern the body.

1 Corinthians 11:30

That is why so many among you are weak and ill, and why some are sleeping.

1 Corinthians 11:31

But, if we judged ourselves rightly, we should not be judged.

1 Corinthians 11:32

Yet, in being judged by the Lord, we are undergoing discipline, so that we may not have judgment passed upon us with the rest of the world.

1 Corinthians 11:33

Therefore, my Brothers, when you meet together to eat the Supper, wait for one another.
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1 Corinthians 11:34

If a man is hungry, let him eat at home, so that your meetings may not bring a judgment upon you. The other details I will settle when I come.