The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000.
The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to theCorinthians
Corinthians 11
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Be ye followers of me, 1 Cor. 4.16 · Phil. 3.17 even as I also am of Christ. |
The Covering of Women’s Heads | |
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¶ Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. |
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But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. |
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Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoreth his head. |
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But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoreth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. |
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For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. |
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For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: Gen. 1.26 but the woman is the glory of the man. |
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For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. |
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Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. Gen. 2.18-23 |
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For this cause ought the woman to have power 1 on her head because of the angels. |
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Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. |
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For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God. |
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Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? |
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Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? |
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But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering. |
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But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God. |
Disorder at the Lord’s Supper | |
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¶ Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse. |
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For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. |
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For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. |
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When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper. |
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For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. |
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What! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not. |
The Institution of the Lord’s Supper | |
Mt. 26.26-29 · Mk. 14.22-25 · Lk. 22.14-20 | |
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¶ For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread: |
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and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. |
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After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament Jer. 31.31-34 in my blood: Ex. 24.6-8 this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. |
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For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord’s death till he come. |
Partaking of the Supper Unworthily | |
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¶ Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. |
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But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. |
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For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. |
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For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. |
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For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. |
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But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. |
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¶ Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. |
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And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come. |
Note 1. a covering, in sign that she is under the power of her husband. [ back ]
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