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[1] TAKE example by me, even as I also fol low Christ.
[2] Now I praise you, my brethren, that you remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances as I delivered them to you.
[3] But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the wife is her husband; and the head of Christ is God.
[4] Every man who prays or prophesies, having his head covered, dishonors his head.
[5] And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered, dishonors her head: for she is equal to her whose head is shaven.
[6] For if a woman does not cover her head, let her also cut off her hair; but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her cover her head.
[7] For a man indeed ought not cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.
[8] For the man was not created from the woman; but the woman was created from the man.
[9] Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
[10] For this reason the woman ought to be modest and cover her head, as a mark of respect to the angels.
[11] Nevertheless, in our LORD, there is no preference between man and woman, neither between woman and man.
[12] For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.
[13] Judge for yourselves, Is it comely for a woman to pray to God with uncovered head?
[14] Does not even nature itself teach you, that if a man have long hair, it is a disgrace to him?
[15] But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
[16] But if any man dispute these things, we have no precedent, neither has the church of God.
[17] Now I give you these commands, not to praise you, for you have not made progress but have become worse.
[18] First of all, when you gather in the church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
[19] For controversies are bound to be among you, that those who are approved may be made manifest among you.
[20] When you gather together therefore, you do not eat and drink as is appropriate on the day of our LORD.
[21] But some men eat their supper before others: and so it happens that one is hungry and another is drunken.
[22] Why? Have you not houses to eat and drink in? or do you not respect the church of God, and want to shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? No, for this, I cannot praise you.
[23] For I myself received from our LORD that which I also delivered to you, That our LORD Jesus on that very night in which he was betrayed took bread:
[24] And when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
[25] Likewise after supper, he gave also the cup, and said, This cup is the new testament in my blood: do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.
[26] For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you commemorate our LORD's death until he come.
[27] Therefore whosoever shall eat of the LORD's bread, and drink of his cup unworthily, shall be guilty of the blood and body of the LORD.
[28] For this reason, let a man examine himself, and so eat of this bread, and drink of this cup.
[29] For he who eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks to his condemnation; for he does not discern the LORD's body.
[30] This is the reason many are sick and ill among you, and many are dying.
[31] For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged.
[32] But when we are judged by our LORD, we are simply chastened, so that we may not be condemned with the world.
[33] Hereafter, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.
[34] And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; so that you may not come together unto condemnation. As to the rest of the things I will instruct you when I come.
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