1Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.
2Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you. 3But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. 4Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head. 5But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved. 6For if a woman is not covered, let her hair also be cut off. But if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut off or be shaved, let her be covered. 7For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man. 8For man is not from woman, but woman from man; 9for man wasn’t created for the woman, but woman for the man. 10For this cause the woman ought to have authority over her own head, because of the angels.
11Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord. 12For as woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God. 13Judge for yourselves. Is it appropriate that a woman pray to God unveiled? 14Doesn’t even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him? 15But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her for a covering. 16But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God’s assemblies.
17But in giving you this command I don’t praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse. 18For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it. 19For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you. 20When therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat. 21For in your eating each one takes his own supper first. One is hungry, and another is drunken. 22What, don’t you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God’s assembly and put them to shame who don’t have enough? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I don’t praise you.
23For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which He was betrayed took bread. 24When He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat. This is My body, which is broken for you. Do this in memory of Me.” 25In the same way He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of Me.” 26For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.
27Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord’s cup in a way unworthy of the Lord will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. 28But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy way eats and drinks judgment to himself if he doesn’t discern the Lord’s body. 30For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep. 31For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn’t be judged. 32But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world. 33Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. 34But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.
1Imitatores mei estote, sicut et ego Christi. 2Laudo autem vos fratres quod per omnia mei memores estis: et sicut tradidi vobis, præcepta mea tenetis. 3Volo autem vos scire quod omnis viri caput, Christus est: caput autem mulieris, vir: caput vero Christi, Deus. 4Omnis vir orans, aut prophetans velato capite, deturpat caput suum. 5Omnis autem mulier orans, aut prophetans non velato capite, deturpat caput suum: unum enim est ac si decalvetur. 6Nam si non velatur mulier, tondeatur. Si vero turpe est mulieri tonderi, aut decalvari, velet caput suum. 7Vir quidem non debet velare caput suum: quoniam imago et gloria Dei est, mulier autem gloria viri est. 8Non enim vir ex muliere est, sed mulier ex viro. 9Etenim non est creatus vir propter mulierem, sed mulier propter virum. 10Ideo debet mulier potestatem habere supra caput propter angelos. 11Verumtamen neque vir sine muliere: neque mulier sine viro in Domino. 12Nam sicut mulier de viro, ita et vir per mulierem: omnia autem ex Deo. 13Vos ipsi judicate: decet mulierem non velatam orare Deum? 14Nec ipsa natura docet vos, quod vir quidem si comam nutriat, ignominia est illi: 15mulier vero si comam nutriat, gloria est illi: quoniam capilli pro velamine ei dati sunt. 16Si quis autem videtur contentiosus esse: nos talem consuetudinem non habemus, neque ecclesia Dei. 17Hoc autem præcipio: non laudans quod non in melius, sed in deterius convenitis. 18Primum quidem convenientibus vobis in ecclesiam, audio scissuras esse inter vos, et ex parte credo. 19Nam oportet et hæreses esse, ut et qui probati sunt, manifesti fiant in vobis. 20Convenientibus ergo vobis in unum, jam non est Dominicam cœnam manducare. 21Unusquisque enim suam cœnam præsumit ad manducandum, et alius quidem esurit, alius autem ebrius est. 22Numquid domos non habetis ad manducandum, et bibendum? aut ecclesiam Dei contemnitis, et confunditis eos qui non habent? Quid dicam vobis? laudo vos? in hoc non laudo. 23Ego enim accepi a Domino quod et tradidi vobis, quoniam Dominus Jesus in qua nocte tradebatur, accepit panem, 24et gratias agens fregit, et dixit: Accipite, et manducate: hoc est corpus meum, quod pro vobis tradetur: hoc facite in meam commemorationem. 25Similiter et calicem, postquam cœnavit, dicens: Hic calix novum testamentum est in meo sanguine: hoc facite quotiescumque bibetis, in meam commemorationem. 26Quotiescumque enim manducabitis panem hunc, et calicem bibetis, mortem Domini annuntiabitis donec veniat. 27Itaque quicumque manducaverit panem hunc, vel biberit calicem Domini indigne, reus erit corporis et sanguinis Domini. 28Probet autem seipsum homo: et sic de pane illo edat, et de calice bibat. 29Qui enim manducat et bibit indigne, judicium sibi manducat et bibit, non dijudicans corpus Domini. 30Ideo inter vos multi infirmi et imbecilles, et dormiunt multi. 31Quod si nosmetipsos dijudicaremus, non utique judicaremur. 32Dum judicamur autem, a Domino corripimur, ut non cum hoc mundo damnemur. 33Itaque fratres mei, cum convenitis ad manducandum, invicem exspectate. 34Si quis esurit, domi manducet, ut non in judicium conveniatis. Cetera autem, cum venero, disponam.