GOD'S WORD Translation GW
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11 Yet, as believers in the Lord, women couldn't exist without men and men couldn't exist without women.
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Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.
12 As a woman came into existence from a man, so men come into existence by women, but everything comes from God.
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For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.
13 Judge your own situation. 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 Doesn't nature itself teach you that it is disgraceful for a man to have long hair?
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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 Doesn't it teach you that it is a woman's pride to wear her hair long? Her hair is given to her in place of 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 If anyone wants to argue about this [they can't, because] we don't have any custom like this--nor do any of 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 I have no praise for you as I instruct you in the following matter: When you gather, it results in more harm than good.
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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 gather as a church you split up into opposing groups. I believe some of what I hear.
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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 Factions have to exist in order to make it clear who the genuine believers among you are.
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No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval.
20 When you gather in the same place, you can't possibly be eating the Lord's Supper.
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So then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat,
21 Each of you eats his own supper [without waiting for each other]. So one person goes hungry and another gets 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.
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