1 Imitatores mei estote, sicut et ego Christi. 2 Laudo autem vos fratres quod per omnia mei memores estis: et sicut tradidi vobis, præcepta mea tenetis. 3 Volo autem vos scire quod omnis viri caput, Christus est: caput autem mulieris, vir: caput vero Christi, Deus. 4 Omnis vir orans, aut prophetans velato capite, deturpat caput suum. 5 Omnis autem mulier orans, aut prophetans non velato capite, deturpat caput suum: unum enim est ac si decalvetur. 6 Nam si non velatur mulier, tondeatur. Si vero turpe est mulieri tonderi, aut decalvari, velet caput suum. 7 Vir quidem non debet velare caput suum: quoniam imago et gloria Dei est, mulier autem gloria viri est. 8 Non enim vir ex muliere est, sed mulier ex viro. 9 Etenim non est creatus vir propter mulierem, sed mulier propter virum. 10 Ideo debet mulier potestatem habere supra caput propter angelos. 11 Verumtamen neque vir sine muliere: neque mulier sine viro in Domino. 12 Nam sicut mulier de viro, ita et vir per mulierem: omnia autem ex Deo. 13 Vos ipsi judicate: decet mulierem non velatam orare Deum? 14 Nec ipsa natura docet vos, quod vir quidem si comam nutriat, ignominia est illi: 15 mulier vero si comam nutriat, gloria est illi: quoniam capilli pro velamine ei dati sunt. 16 Si quis autem videtur contentiosus esse: nos talem consuetudinem non habemus, neque ecclesia Dei. 17 Hoc autem præcipio: non laudans quod non in melius, sed in deterius convenitis. 18 Primum quidem convenientibus vobis in ecclesiam, audio scissuras esse inter vos, et ex parte credo. 19 Nam oportet et hæreses esse, ut et qui probati sunt, manifesti fiant in vobis. 20 Convenientibus ergo vobis in unum, jam non est Dominicam cœnam manducare. 21 Unusquisque enim suam cœnam præsumit ad manducandum, et alius quidem esurit, alius autem ebrius est. 22 Numquid domos non habetis ad manducandum, et bibendum? aut ecclesiam Dei contemnitis, et confunditis eos qui non habent? Quid dicam vobis? laudo vos? in hoc non laudo. 23 Ego enim accepi a Domino quod et tradidi vobis, quoniam Dominus Jesus in qua nocte tradebatur, accepit panem, 24 et gratias agens fregit, et dixit: Accipite, et manducate: hoc est corpus meum, quod pro vobis tradetur: hoc facite in meam commemorationem. 25 Similiter et calicem, postquam cœnavit, dicens: Hic calix novum testamentum est in meo sanguine: hoc facite quotiescumque bibetis, in meam commemorationem. 26 Quotiescumque enim manducabitis panem hunc, et calicem bibetis, mortem Domini annuntiabitis donec veniat. 27 Itaque quicumque manducaverit panem hunc, vel biberit calicem Domini indigne, reus erit corporis et sanguinis Domini. 28 Probet autem seipsum homo: et sic de pane illo edat, et de calice bibat. 29 Qui enim manducat et bibit indigne, judicium sibi manducat et bibit, non dijudicans corpus Domini. 30 Ideo inter vos multi infirmi et imbecilles, et dormiunt multi. 31 Quod si nosmetipsos dijudicaremus, non utique judicaremur. 32 Dum judicamur autem, a Domino corripimur, ut non cum hoc mundo damnemur. 33 Itaque fratres mei, cum convenitis ad manducandum, invicem exspectate. 34 Si quis esurit, domi manducet, ut non in judicium conveniatis. Cetera autem, cum venero, disponam.
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- 1 Philippians 3:17; 1 Thessalonians 1:6; Ephesians 5:1–2; 1 Corinthians 4:16; Hebrews 6:12
- 2 2 Thessalonians 2:15; 1 Corinthians 4:17; Proverbs 31:28–31; 1 Corinthians 11:22; 2 Thessalonians 3:6
- 3 Genesis 3:16; Colossians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 3:23; Colossians 3:18; Ephesians 4:15
- 4 2 Samuel 15:30; 2 Samuel 19:4; 1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Corinthians 12:10; 1 Corinthians 11:14
- 5 Deuteronomy 21:12; Luke 2:36; Acts 2:17; 1 Corinthians 14:34; Acts 21:9
- 6 Deuteronomy 22:5
- 7 1 Corinthians 11:3; Genesis 9:6; Genesis 1:26–27; Genesis 5:1; Psalm 8:6
- 8 1 Timothy 2:13; Genesis 2:21–23
- 9 Genesis 2:18; Genesis 2:23–24
- 10 Genesis 24:64–65; Hebrews 1:14; Matthew 18:10
- 11 Galatians 3:28; 1 Corinthians 7:10–14; 1 Corinthians 12:12–22
- 12 Romans 11:36; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Proverbs 16:4; Hebrews 1:2–3
- 13 Luke 12:57; 1 Corinthians 10:15; John 7:24
- 16 1 Corinthians 7:17; 1 Timothy 6:3–4; 1 Thessalonians 2:14; 1 Corinthians 14:33–34; Acts 21:24
- 17 Hebrews 10:25; Isaiah 58:1–4; 1 Peter 2:14; 1 Corinthians 11:22; 1 Corinthians 14:23
- 18 1 Corinthians 3:3; 1 Corinthians 1:10–12; 1 Corinthians 5:1; 1 Corinthians 6:1
- 19 1 John 2:19; Titus 3:10; Acts 20:30; Luke 17:1; Deuteronomy 13:3
- 21 Jude 12; 2 Peter 2:13; 1 Corinthians 10:16–18; 1 Corinthians 11:23–25
- 22 Proverbs 17:5; James 2:5–6; Acts 20:28; 1 Corinthians 10:32; 1 Timothy 3:15
- 23 Luke 22:19–20; Matthew 26:26–28; Mark 14:22–24; 1 Corinthians 11:23–25; 1 Corinthians 15:3
- 24 John 6:53–58; 1 Corinthians 11:27–28; 1 Corinthians 10:3–4; Exodus 12:14; Isaiah 26:8
- 25 Luke 22:20; Hebrews 9:15–20; Hebrews 13:20; 2 Corinthians 3:6; 2 Corinthians 3:14
- 26 Hebrews 9:28; Revelation 1:7; John 14:3; 1 John 2:28; Acts 1:11
- 27 John 6:51; 1 Corinthians 10:21; Hebrews 10:29; Numbers 9:13; Numbers 9:10
- 28 Galatians 6:4; 2 Corinthians 13:5; Lamentations 3:40; Matthew 5:23–24; 1 Corinthians 11:31
- 29 1 Corinthians 11:27; 1 Corinthians 11:32–34; 1 Corinthians 11:30; Hebrews 5:14; 1 Corinthians 11:24
- 30 Revelation 3:19; Exodus 15:26; Amos 3:2; Psalm 38:1–8; Numbers 20:12
- 31 1 John 1:9; Psalm 32:3–5; Revelation 2:5; 1 Corinthians 11:28; Revelation 3:2–3
- 32 Proverbs 3:11–12; Hebrews 12:5–11; Revelation 3:19; Psalm 118:18; Deuteronomy 8:5
- 34 1 Corinthians 11:21–22; 1 Corinthians 7:17; 1 Corinthians 4:19; Titus 1:5; 1 Corinthians 16:2
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Having completed the discourse concerning the idol-sacrifices as became him, and having rendered it most perfect in all respects, he proceeds to another thing, which also itself was a complaint, but not so great a one.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 12 (1889)
… one born out of due time." Again, the coming of the Saviour with His attendants to Achamoth is declared in like manner by him in the same Epistle, when he says, "A woman ought to have a veil upon her head, because of the angels." Now, that Achamoth, when the Saviour came to her, drew a veil over herself through …
For there must be also heresies, that the approved may be made manifest among the weak.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
For him do they resemble, who partake of the mysteries unworthily: it being said, that such a one "shall be guilty of the Body and Blood of the Lord." Yes; for they have in themselves the tyrant who is grieved at Christ's kingdom, him that is more wicked than Herod of old, even Mammon.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
As the Apostle says, Who is the Image of the Invisible God; and a little after, and He is the Head of the body, the Church. And again, The Head of every man is Christ; and again, Who is the Head of all principality and power.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)