11Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.
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Now2I praise you because you 3remember me in everything and 4holdfirmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.
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But I want you to understand that Christ is the 5head of everyman, and 6the man is the head of a woman, and God is the 7head of Christ.
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Everyman who has something on his head while prayingor8prophesyingdisgraces his head.
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But every9woman who has her headuncovered while prayingorprophesyingdisgraces her head, for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is 10shaved.
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For if a woman does not cover her head, let her also have her haircutoff; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her haircutoffor her head shaved, let her cover her head.
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For a manought not to have his headcovered, since he is the 11image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.
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For 12man does not originate from woman, but woman from man;
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for indeedman was not created for the woman'ssake, but 13woman for the man'ssake.
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Therefore* the womanought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.
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However, in the Lord, neither is womanindependent of man, nor is manindependent of woman.
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For as the woman originates from the man, soalso the man has his birth through the woman; and 14allthings originate 15from God.
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16Judge for yourselves*: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
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Does not evennatureitselfteach you that if a manhaslonghair, it is a dishonor to him,
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but if a womanhaslonghair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her for a covering.
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But ifone is inclined to be contentious, 17we havenootherpractice, nor have 18the churches of God.
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But in givingthisinstruction, 19I do not praise you, because you cometogether not for the better but for the worse.
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For, in the first place, when you cometogether as a church, I hear that 20divisionsexistamong you; and in part I believe it.
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For there 21mustalso be factionsamong you, 22so that those who are approved may becomeevidentamong you.
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Therefore when you meettogether**, it is not to eat the Lord'sSupper,
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for in your eatingeachonetakes his ownsupperfirst; and one is hungry and 23another* is drunk.
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What! Do you not havehouses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the 24church of God and 25shamethose who havenothing? What shall I say to you? Shall 26I praise you? In this I will not praise you.
The Lord's Supper
23 For 27I received from the Lord that which I alsodelivered to you, that 28the LordJesus in the night in which He was betrayedtookbread;
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and when He had giventhanks, He broke it and said, "This is My body, which is for you; dothis in remembrance of Me."
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In the sameway He took 29the cupalsoaftersupper, saying, "Thiscup is the 30newcovenant in My blood; dothis, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."
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For as often as you eatthisbread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord'sdeath31until He comes.
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Thereforewhoever*eats the breadordrinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthymanner, shall be 32guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
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But a man must 33examinehimself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
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For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinksjudgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly.
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For thisreasonmanyamong you are weak and sick, and a number34sleep.
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But if we judgedourselves rightly, we would not be judged.
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But when we are judged, we are 35disciplined by the Lordso that we will not be condemnedalong with 36the world.
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Sothen, my brethren, when you cometogether to eat, wait for oneanother.
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Ifanyone is 37hungry, let him eat38at home, so that you will not cometogether for judgment. The remaining matters I will 39arrange40when I come.