| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New Living Translation |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1And you should imitate me, just as I imitate Christ. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2I am so glad that you always keep me in your thoughts, and that you are following the teachings I passed on to you. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3But there is one thing I want you to know: The head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4A man dishonors his head if he covers his head while praying or prophesying. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5But a woman dishonors her head if she prays or prophesies without a covering on her head, for this is the same as shaving her head. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Yes, if she refuses to wear a head covering, she should cut off all her hair! But since it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or her head shaved, she should wear a covering. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7A man should not wear anything on his head when worshiping, for man is made in God's image and reflects God's glory. And woman reflects man's glory. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8For the first man didn't come from woman, but the first woman came from man. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9And man was not made for woman, but woman was made for man. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10For this reason, and because the angels are watching, a woman should wear a covering on her head to show she is under authority. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11But among the Lord's people, women are not independent of men, and men are not independent of women. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12For although the first woman came from man, every other man was born from a woman, and everything comes from God. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Judge for yourselves. Is it right for a woman to pray to God in public without covering her head? |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Isn't it obvious that it's disgraceful for a man to have long hair? |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15And isn't long hair a woman's pride and joy? For it has been given to her as a covering. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16But if anyone wants to argue about this, I simply say that we have no other custom than this, and neither do God's other churches. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17But in the following instructions, I cannot praise you. For it sounds as if more harm than good is done when you meet together. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18First, I hear that there are divisions among you when you meet as a church, and to some extent I believe it. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19But, of course, there must be divisions among you so that you who have God's approval will be recognized! |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20When you meet together, you are not really interested in the Lord's Supper. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21For some of you hurry to eat your own meal without sharing with others. As a result, some go hungry while others get drunk. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22What? Don't you have your own homes for eating and drinking? Or do you really want to disgrace God's church and shame the poor? What am I supposed to say? Do you want me to praise you? Well, I certainly will not praise you for this! |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23For I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself. On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and said, "This is my body, which is given for you. Do this to remember me." |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25In the same way, he took the cup of wine after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant between God and his people--an agreement confirmed with my blood. Do this to remember me as often as you drink it." |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing the Lord's death until he comes again. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27So anyone who eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord unworthily is guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28That is why you should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29For if you eat the bread or drink the cup without honoring the body of Christ, you are eating and drinking God's judgment upon yourself. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30That is why many of you are weak and sick and some have even died. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31But if we would examine ourselves, we would not be judged by God in this way. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32Yet when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned along with the world. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33So, my dear brothers and sisters, when you gather for the Lord's Supper, wait for each other. |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34If you are really hungry, eat at home so you won't bring judgment upon yourselves when you meet together. I'll give you instructions about the other matters after I arrive. |
| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2007.
Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All Rights Reserved. |
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