VI. Instruction on Public Worship (11:2;14:40)
1 Corinthians 11 NLT
2 I am so glad that you always keep me in
your thoughts, and that you are following the teachings I passed on to
you.
3 But 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 A man dishonors his head if he covers
his head while praying or prophesying.
5 But 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.
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 A 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 For the first man didn’t come from
woman, but the first woman came from man.
9 And man was not made for woman, but
woman was made for man.
10 For this reason, and because the angels
are watching, a woman should wear a covering on her head to show she is under
authority.
11 But among the Lord’s people, women are
not independent of men, and men are not independent of women.
12 For although the first woman came from
man, every other man was born from a woman, and everything comes from
God.
13 Judge for yourselves. Is it right for a
woman to pray to God in public without covering her head?
14 Isn’t it obvious that it’s disgraceful
for a man to have long hair?
15 And isn’t long hair a woman’s pride and
joy? For it has been given to her as a covering.
16 But 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 But in the following instructions, I
cannot praise you. For it sounds as if more harm than good is done when you
meet together.
18 First, I hear that there are divisions
among you when you meet as a church, and to some extent I believe it.
19 But, of course, there must be divisions
among you so that you who have God’s approval will be recognized!
20 When you meet together, you are not
really interested in the Lord’s Supper.
21 For some of you hurry to eat your own
meal without sharing with others. As a result, some go hungry while others get
drunk.
22 What? 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 For 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 and 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 In 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 For every time you eat this bread and
drink this cup, you are announcing the Lord’s death until he comes again.
27 So 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 That is why you should examine yourself
before eating the bread and drinking the cup.
29 For 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 That is why many of you are weak and
sick and some have even died.
31 But if we would examine ourselves, we
would not be judged by God in this way.
32 Yet when we are judged by the Lord, we
are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned along with the
world.
33 So, my dear brothers and sisters, when
you gather for the Lord’s Supper, wait for each other.
34 If 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.
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