1Follow my example, as I follow the Christ’s.
Heads covered and uncovered
2I praise you for remembering me in everything and for holding to the traditions just as I passed them on to you. 3But I want you to know that the head of every man is the Christ, the head of a woman is the man, and the head of the Christ is God. 4Every man who prays or prophesies with something on his head shames his head. 5And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered shames her head; it is exactly as if she had been shaved. 6If a woman will not cover her head, let her hair be cut off; and if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, let her cover her head. 7A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man. 8For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; 9and man was not created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man. 10That is why a woman ought to have authority on her head, because of the angels. 11Still, in the Lord woman is not apart from man, nor man apart from woman; 12for as woman came from man, so man comes through woman — and everything comes from God. 13Judge for yourselves: is it fitting for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? 14Does nature itself not teach you that long hair on a man is a dishonor to him, 15while long hair on a woman is her glory? For her hair was given to her as a covering. 16And if anyone wants to argue about it: we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.
The Lord’s Supper turned into a scandal
17In giving you these instructions I have no praise for you, because your meetings do more harm than good. 18First of all, I hear that when you come together as a church there are splits among you, and I partly believe it. 19There have to be factions among you, so that it becomes clear which of you stand the test. 20When you come together in one place, then, it is not the Lord’s Supper that you eat, 21for each of you rushes ahead with his own supper, and one goes hungry while another gets drunk. 22Do you not have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What am I to say to you? Praise you? For this I have no praise.
What I received and passed on to you
23For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread, 24and after giving thanks he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 25In the same way he took the cup after supper, and said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. 27So whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will answer for the body and blood of the Lord. 28Let each person examine himself, and then eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29For whoever eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. 30That is why many among you are weak and ill, and a good number have fallen asleep. 31If we examined ourselves, we would not be judged. 32But when we are judged by the Lord we are being disciplined, so that we will not be condemned along with the world. 33So, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. 34If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that your meetings do not bring judgment on you. The rest I will settle when I come.
