“Order In Life and Worship”
I Corinthians 11:1-34, {1} Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ. {2} I praise you for remembering me in everything and for holding to the traditions just as I passed them on to you. {3} But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. {4} Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. {5} But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head—it is the same as having her head shaved. {6} For if a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut off; but if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should cover her head. {7} A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. {8} For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; {9} neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. {10} It is for this reason that a woman ought to have authority over her own head, because of the angels. {11} Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. {12} For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God. {13} Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? {14} Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, {15} but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering. {16} If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice—nor do the churches of God. {17} In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good. {18} In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it. {19} No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval. {20} So then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat, {21} for when you are eating, some of you go ahead with your own private suppers. As a result, one person remains hungry and another gets drunk. {22} Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God by humiliating those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? Certainly not in this matter! {23} For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, {24} and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” {25} In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” {26} For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. {27} So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. {28} Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. {29} For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves. {30} That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. {31} But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under such judgment. {32} Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be finally condemned with the world. {33} So then, my brothers and sisters, when you gather to eat, you should all eat together. {34} Anyone who is hungry should eat something at home, so that when you meet together it may not result in judgment. And when I come I will give further directions.