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13 Judge for yourselves : is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
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Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
14 Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him,
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Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,
15 but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her for a covering.
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but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.
16 But if one is inclined to be contentious, we have no other practice, nor have the churches of God.
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If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice—nor do the churches of God.
17 But in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.
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In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good.
18 For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it.
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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 For there must also be factions among you, so that those who are approved may become evident among you.
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No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval.
20 Therefore when you meet together , it is not to eat the Lord's Supper,
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So then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat,
21 for in your eating each one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry and another is drunk.
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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 What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you.
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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 that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread;
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For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread,
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