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1 Corinthians 11

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1 Corinthians 11 Bible text

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Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

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Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

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Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.

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Now I praise you that ye remember me in all things, and hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.

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But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

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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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Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head.

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Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoreth his head.

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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.

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But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonoreth her head; for it is one and the same thing as if she were shaven.

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For if a woman is not covered, let her hair also be cut off. But if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut off or be shaved, let her be covered.

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For if a woman is not veiled, let her also be shorn: but if it is a shame to a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be veiled.

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For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.

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For a man indeed ought not to have his head veiled, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

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For man is not from woman, but woman from man;

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For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man:

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for man wasn’t created for the woman, but woman for the man.

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for neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man:

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For this cause the woman ought to have authority over her own head, because of the angels.

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for this cause ought the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

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Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.

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Nevertheless, neither is the woman without the man, nor the man without the woman, in the Lord.

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For as woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God.

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For as the woman is of the man, so is the man also by the woman; but all things are of God.

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Judge for yourselves. Is it appropriate that a woman pray to God unveiled?

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Judge ye in yourselves: is it seemly that a woman pray unto God unveiled?

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Doesn’t even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?

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Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a dishonor to him?

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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 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 if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God’s assemblies.

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But if any man seemeth to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.

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But in giving you this command I don’t praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.

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But in giving you this charge, I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better but for the worse.

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For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.

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For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and I partly believe it.

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For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.

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For there must be also factions among you, that they that are approved may be made manifest among you.

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When therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat.

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When therefore ye assemble yourselves together, it is not possible to eat the Lord’s supper:

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For in your eating each one takes his own supper first. One is hungry, and another is drunken.

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for in your eating each one taketh before other his own supper; and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

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What, don’t you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God’s assembly and put them to shame who don’t have enough? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I don’t praise you.

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What, have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and put them to shame that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you? In this I praise you not.

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For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.

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For I received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was betrayed took bread;

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When he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “Take, eat. This is my body, which is broken for you. Do this in memory of me.”

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and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, This is my body, which is for you: this do in remembrance of me.

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In the same way he also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me.”

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In like manner also the cup, after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood: this do, as often as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

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For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

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For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord’s death till he come.

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Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord’s cup in a way unworthy of the Lord will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

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Wherefore whosoever shall eat the bread or drink the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

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But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

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But let a man prove himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.

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For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy way eats and drinks judgment to himself if he doesn’t discern the Lord’s body.

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For he that eateth and drinketh, eateth and drinketh judgment unto himself, if he discern not the body.

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For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.

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For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.

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For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn’t be judged.

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But if we discerned ourselves, we should not be judged.

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But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

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But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

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Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

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Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait one for another.

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But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.

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If any man is hungry, let him eat at home; that your coming together be not unto judgment. And the rest will I set in order whensoever I come.