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1Imitate me, as I also imitate Christ. Php 2:5; 1Pt 2:21
Instructions about Head Coverings
2Now I praise you Other mss add brothers, because you always remember me and keep the traditions 2Th 2:15; 3:6 just as I delivered Jd 3 them to you.
3But I want you to know that Christ is the head Eph 1:22; 4:15; Col 1:18; 2:10,19 of every man, and the man is the head of the woman, Or the husband is the head of the wife Gn 3:16; Eph 5:23 and God is the head of Christ. 1Co 3:23
4Every man who prays or prophesies with something on his head dishonors 1Pt 3:16 his head.
5But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since that is one and the same as having her head shaved. Dt 21:11-12
6So if a woman’s head Lit a woman is not covered, her hair should be cut off. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, she should be covered.
7A man, in fact, should not cover his head, because he is God’s image Gn 1:27 and glory, Mk 10:37; Lk 9:32; Jn 17:24; 2Co 3:18; 2Pt 3:18 but woman is man’s glory.
8For man did not come from woman, but woman came from man. Gn 2:21-23; 1Tm 2:13
9And man was not created for woman, but woman for man.
10This is why a woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.
11In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, and man is not independent of woman.
12For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman, and all things come from God. Ps 104:24; Rv 3:14
13Judge Jn 5:22-30 for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
14Does not even nature itself teach Mt 28:20; Ac 4:2; 2Tm 4:11 you that if a man has long hair it is a disgrace 2Co 6:8 to him,
15but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? Php 3:19 For her hair is given to her Other mss omit to her as a covering.
16But if anyone wants to argue about this, we have no other Or no such custom, nor do the churches of God.
The Lord’s Supper
17Now in giving the following instruction I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse.
18For to begin with, I hear that when you come together as a church there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
19There must, indeed, be factions 2Pt 2:1 among you, so that those who are approved may be recognized among you.
20Therefore, when you come together, it is not really to eat the Lord’s Supper. Mt 26:26-29; Mk 14:22-25; Lk 22:14-20; 1Co 10:14-22
21For at the meal, each one eats his own supper ahead of others. So one person is hungry while another gets drunk!
22Don’t you have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you look down on the church of God and embarrass those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I do not praise you for this!
23For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: Jd 3 On the night when He was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread,
24gave thanks, broke it, and said, Other mss add “Take, eat. “This is My body, which is Other mss add broken for you. Do this in remembrance of Me.” Lk 22:19
25In the same way, after supper He also took the cup and said, “This cup is the new covenant Lk 22:20 established by My blood. Jn 6:54 Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
26For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death Php 2:8; 3:10 until He comes. Mk 8:38
Self-Examination
27Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy way will be guilty of sin against the body Lit be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
28So a man should examine himself; in this way he should eat the bread and drink from the cup.
29For whoever eats and drinks without recognizing the body, Other mss read drinks unworthily, not discerning the Lord’s body eats and drinks judgment Mk 12:40; 1Jn 5:16 on himself.
30This is why many are sick and ill among you, and many have fallen asleep. Jn 11:11; Ac 7:60; 1Th 4:13-15
31If we were properly evaluating ourselves, we would not be judged,
32but when we are judged, Jn 5:22-30 we are disciplined by the Lord, so that we may not be condemned Mt 12:41; Jn 5:22 with the world.
33Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.
34If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you gather together you will not come under judgment. And I will give instructions about the other matters whenever I come. 1Co 4:19