Now I praise you because you remember me in all things, and hold on firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.
But I want you to 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.
Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head.
But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved.
For if a woman is not covered, then she should cut off her hair. But if it is a shame to a woman to have her hair be cut or shaved off, let her be covered.
For a man indeed has an obligation not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.
For the man did not come from the woman, but the woman from the man;
for indeed, man was not created for the woman, but the woman for the man.
This is why the woman has an obligation to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.
Nevertheless in the Lord, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.
For as the woman is from the man, so is the man also by the woman, but all things are from God.
Judge among yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God uncovered?
Doesn’t even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?
But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given her for a covering.
But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.
The Lord's Supper
But in giving you this instruction, I do not praise you, because you meet together, but it results in more harm than good.
For first of all, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you, and to some extent, I believe it.
For there must be also factions among you, so that the “approved ones” among you become recognized.
So when you assemble together, it is not the Lord’s Supper that you eat,
for when you eat, each one goes ahead with his own supper first, and one is hungry, and another is drunk.
What? Do you not have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you show contempt for the church of God, and put to shame those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you in this? I praise you not.
For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night in which he was betrayed took bread,
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.”
In the same way, after supper, he also took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in remembrance of me.”
For as often as you eat this bread, and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
But let a person examine himself, and only in this way let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
For anyone who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not discern the body.
For this cause many among you are weak and sick, and many sleep in death.
But if we were examining ourselves, we would not be being judged.
But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, so that we will not be condemned with the world.
So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.
If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that when you meet together it will not result in judgment. And the remaining matters I will set in order when I come.