1 Corinthians · Young's Literal Translation
1 Corinthians 11 Young's Literal Translation
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1 Followers of me become ye, as I also [am] of Christ.
1 Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.
2 And I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and according as I did deliver to you, the deliverances ye keep,
2 Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.
3 and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.
3 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.
4 Every man praying or prophesying, having the head covered, doth dishonour his head,
4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head.
5 and every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered, doth dishonour her own head, for it is one and the same thing with her being shaven,
5 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.
6 for if a woman is not covered — then let her be shorn, and if [it is] a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven — let her be covered;
6 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.
7 for a man, indeed, ought not to cover the head, being the image and glory of God, and a woman is the glory of a man,
7 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.
8 for a man is not of a woman, but a woman [is] of a man,
8 For man is not from woman, but woman from man;
9 for a man also was not created because of the woman, but a woman because of the man;
9 for man wasn’t created for the woman, but woman for the man.
10 because of this the woman ought to have [a token of] authority upon the head, because of the messengers;
10 For this cause the woman ought to have authority over her own head, because of the angels.
11 but neither [is] a man apart from a woman, nor a woman apart from a man, in the Lord,
11 Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.
12 for as the woman [is] of the man, so also the man [is] through the woman, and the all things [are] of God.
12 For as woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God.
13 In your own selves judge ye; is it seemly for a woman uncovered to pray to God?
13 Judge for yourselves. Is it appropriate that a woman pray to God unveiled?
14 doth not even nature itself teach you, that if a man indeed have long hair, a dishonour it is to him?
14 Doesn’t even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?
15 and a woman, if she have long hair, a glory it is to her, because the hair instead of a covering hath been given to her;
15 But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her for a covering.
16 and if any one doth think to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the assemblies of God.
16 But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God’s assemblies.
17 And this declaring, I give no praise, because not for the better, but for the worse ye come together;
17 But in giving you this command I don’t praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.
18 for first, indeed, ye coming together in an assembly, I hear of divisions being among you, and partly I believe [it],
18 For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.
19 for it behoveth sects also to be among you, that those approved may become manifest among you;
19 For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.
20 ye, then, coming together at the same place — it is not to eat the Lord's supper;
20 When therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat.
21 for each his own supper doth take before in the eating, and one is hungry, and another is drunk;
21 For in your eating each one takes his own supper first. One is hungry, and another is drunken.
22 why, have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or the assembly of God do ye despise, and shame those not having? what may I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I do not praise!
22 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.
23 For I — I received from the Lord that which also I did deliver to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was delivered up, took bread,
23 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.
24 and having given thanks, he brake, and said, 'Take ye, eat ye, this is my body, that for you is being broken; this do ye — to the remembrance of me.'
24 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.”
25 In like manner also the cup after the supping, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood; this do ye, as often as ye may drink [it] — to the remembrance of me;'
25 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.”
26 for as often as ye may eat this bread, and this cup may drink, the death of the Lord ye do shew forth — till he may come;
26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
27 so that whoever may eat this bread or may drink the cup of the Lord unworthily, guilty he shall be of the body and blood of the Lord:
27 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.
28 and let a man be proving himself, and so of the bread let him eat, and of the cup let him drink;
28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
29 for he who is eating and drinking unworthily, judgment to himself he doth eat and drink — not discerning the body of the Lord.
29 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.
30 Because of this, among you many [are] weak and sickly, and sleep do many;
30 For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.
31 for if ourselves we were discerning, we would not be being judged,
31 For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn’t be judged.
32 and being judged by the Lord, we are chastened, that with the world we may not be condemned;
32 But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
33 so then, my brethren, coming together to eat, for one another wait ye;
33 Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.
34 and if any one is hungry, at home let him eat, that to judgment ye may not come together; and the rest, whenever I may come, I shall arrange.
34 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.
Cross references (30)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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)