11 Follow my example, just as I follow the example of Messiah. 2 I praise you because you remember me in all things, and hold to the traditions just as I handed them on to you. 3 But I want you to know that the Messiah is the head of every man, the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of the Messiah.  4 A man praying or prophesying[1055] with his head covered dishonors his head.  5 But a woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered dishonors her head, because it is the equivalent of having her head shaved.  6 For if a woman’s head is not covered, then let her hair be cut off. But if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut off or shaved, then she should have her head covered. 7 A man should not have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.  8 For man is not from woman, but woman from man;  9 and man was not created for the woman, but woman for the man.  10 So the woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels. [1056]  11 Nevertheless the woman is not independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the lord.  12 For as woman came from the man, so man comes through woman, but everything comes from God.  13 Decide for yourselves: is it appropriate for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?  14 Does not even common sense teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?  15 But if a woman has long hair it is a glory to her, because her hair is given to her as a covering.  16 If anyone wants to argue about this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.
    17 In giving you the instructions which follow I do not praise you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse.  18 First of all, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you, and I partly believe it.  19 For there must be divisions among you so that those who are approved may become known. 20 So then when you meet together it is not really the lord’s supper that you are eating,  21 because when it is time to eat each one takes his own supper first, leaving one hungry and another drunk. 22 What? Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you show contempt for God’s church and shame those who have nothing? What should I tell you? Should I praise you? In this I certainly do not praise you.
    23 For I received from the lord what I handed on to you: the lord Jesus, on the night[1057] he was betrayed, took bread.  24 When he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This bread represents my body, which is for you. Do this in memory of me.” 25 In the same way he took the cup after supper, with these words: “This cup represents the New Covenant ratified by my blood. Do this, as often as[1058] you drink it, in memory of me.”  26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink from this cup, you are proclaiming the lord’s death until he comes.
    27 So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks from the lord’s cup in an unworthy way will be guilty of the body and blood of the lord.  28 Let each person first examine themselves, and then eat the bread and drink from the cup. 29 For the person who eats and drinks without regard for the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. 30 This is the reason why many of you are weak and sick, and some have fallen asleep in death. 31 But if we examined ourselves rightly, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the lord, so that we will not be condemned along with the world.
    33 So my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat the lord’s supper, wait for one another. 34 If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that your coming together will not bring judgment. About the other matters, I will instruct you when I come. [1059]