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Good News Translation GNT
1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
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Imitate me, then, just as I imitate Christ.
2 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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I praise you because you always remember me and follow the teachings that I have handed on to you.
3 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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But I want you to understand that Christ is supreme over every man, the husband is supreme over his wife, and God is supreme over Christ.
4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.
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So a man who prays or proclaims God's message in public worship with his head covered disgraces Christ.
5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
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And any woman who prays or proclaims God's message in public worship with nothing on her head disgraces her husband; there is no difference between her and a woman whose head has been shaved.
6 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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If the woman does not cover her head, she might as well cut her hair. And since it is a shameful thing for a woman to shave her head or cut her hair, she should cover her head.
7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
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A man has no need to cover his head, because he reflects the image and glory of God. But woman reflects the glory of man;
8 For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.
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for man was not created from woman, but woman from man.
9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
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Nor was man created for woman's sake, but woman was created for man's sake.
10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
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On account of the angels, then, a woman should have a covering over her head to show that she is under her husband's authority.
11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
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In our life in the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.
12 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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For as woman was made from man, in the same way man is born of woman; and it is God who brings everything into existence.
13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
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Judge for yourselves whether it is proper for a woman to pray to God in public worship with nothing on her head.
14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
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Why, nature itself teaches you that long hair on a man is a disgrace,
15 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 on a woman it is a thing of beauty. Her long hair has been given her to serve as a covering.
16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
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But if anyone wants to argue about it, all I have to say is that neither we nor the churches of God have any other custom in worship.
17 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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In the following instructions, however, I do not praise you, because your meetings for worship actually do more harm than good.
18 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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In the first place, I have been told that there are opposing groups in your meetings; and this I believe is partly true
19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
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(No doubt there must be divisions among you so that the ones who are in the right may be clearly seen.)
20 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper.
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When you meet together as a group, it is not the Lord's Supper that you eat.
21 For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
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For as you eat, you each go ahead with your own meal, so that some are hungry while others get drunk.
22 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.
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Don't you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or would you rather despise the church of God and put to shame the people who are in need? What do you expect me to say to you about this? Shall I praise you? Of course I don't!
23 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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For I received from the Lord the teaching that I passed on to you: that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took a piece of bread,
24 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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gave thanks to God, broke it, and said, "This is my body, which is for you. Do this in memory of me."
25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying,This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
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In the same way, after the supper he took the cup and said, "This cup is God's new covenant, sealed with my blood. Whenever you drink it, do so in memory of me."
26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
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This means that every time you eat this bread and drink from this cup you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.
27 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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It follows that if one of you eats the Lord's bread or drinks from his cup in a way that dishonors him, you are guilty of sin against the Lord's body and blood.
28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
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So then, you should each examine yourself first, and then eat the bread and drink from the cup.
29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
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For if you do not recognize the meaning of the Lord's body when you eat the bread and drink from the cup, you bring judgment on yourself as you eat and drink.
30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
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That is why many of you are sick and weak, and several have died.
31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
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If we would examine ourselves first, we would not come under God's judgment.
32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
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But we are judged and punished by the Lord, so that we shall not be condemned together with the world.
33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.
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So then, my friends, when you gather together to eat the Lord's Supper, wait for one another.
34 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.
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And if any of you are hungry, you should eat at home, so that you will not come under God's judgment as you meet together. As for the other matters, I will settle them when I come.
The King James Version is in the public domain.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.