Roles in Worship

¹ You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.^*

² Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you. ³ But I want you to understand that the head^* of every man is Christ,^* and the head^* of the woman is man, and the head^* of Christ^* is God.

⁴ Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. ⁵ And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved. ⁶ If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.

⁷ A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image^* and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. ⁸ For man did not come from woman, but woman from man. ⁹ Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. ¹⁰ For this reason a woman ought to have a sign of authority^* on her head, because of the angels.

¹¹ In the Lord, however, woman is not independent^* of man, nor is man independent^* of woman. ¹² For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.

¹³ Judge for yourselves: Is it proper^* for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? ¹⁴ Doesn’t nature^* itself teach^* you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace^* to him, ¹⁵ but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given^* to her as a covering.^{* 16} If anyone is inclined to dispute this^*, we have no other practice,^* nor do the churches of God.

Sharing in the Lord’s Supper

¹⁷ In the following instructions I have no praise to offer, because your gatherings do more harm than good. ¹⁸ First of all, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it. ¹⁹ And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.

²⁰ Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper^* you eat. ²¹ For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk. ²² Don’t you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? No, I will not!

²³ For I received from the Lord what I also passed on^* to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night 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, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new 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 this cup, you proclaim^* the Lord’s death until He comes.

²⁷ Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. ²⁸ Each one must examine^* himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. ²⁹ For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing^* the body^* eats and drinks judgment^* on himself. ³⁰ That is why many among you are weak^* and sick,^* and a number of you have fallen asleep.

³¹ Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.^{* 32} But when we are judged^* by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.

³³ So, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. ³⁴ If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you come together it will not result in judgment. And when I come, I will give instructions about the remaining matters.