1Be ye imitators of me , even as I also am of Christ .
Head Coverings and Authority
2Now I praise you that ye remember me in all things , and hold fast the traditions , even as I delivered them to you . 3But 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 . 4Every man praying or prophesying , having his head covered , dishonoreth his head . 5But 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 . 6For 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. 7For 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 . 8For the man is not of the woman ; but the woman of the man : 9for neither was the man created for the woman ; but the woman for the man : 10for this cause ought the woman to have a sign of authority on her head , because of the angels. 11Nevertheless , neither is the woman without the man, nor the man without the woman , in the Lord . 12For as the woman is of the man , so is the man also by the woman ; but all things are of God . 13Judge ye in yourselves : is it seemly that a woman pray unto God unveiled? 14Doth not even nature itself teach you , that , if a man have long hair , it is a dishonor to him ? 15But if a woman have long hair , it is a glory to her : for her hair is given her for a covering . 16But if any man seemeth to be contentious , we have no such custom , neither the churches of God .
The Lord's Supper
17But in giving you this charge , I praise you not , that ye come together not for the better but for the worse . 18For first of all , when ye come together in the church , I hear that divisions exist among you ; and I partly believe it . 19For there must be also factions among you , that they that are approved may be made manifest among you . 20When therefore ye assemble yourselves together , it is not possible to eat the Lord ’s supper : 21for in your eating each one taketh before other his own supper ; and one is hungry , and another is drunken . 22What , 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 . 23For 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; 24and when he had given thanks , he brake it , and said , This is my body , which is for you : this do in remembrance of me . 25In 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 . 26For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup , ye proclaim the Lord ’ s death till he come . 27Wherefore 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 . 28But let a man prove himself , and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup . 29For he that eateth and drinketh , eateth and drinketh judgment unto himself , if he discern not the body . 30For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep . 31But if we discerned ourselves , we should not be judged . 32But when we are judged , we are chastened of the Lord , that we may not be condemned with the world . 33Wherefore , my brethren , when ye come together to eat , wait one for another . 34If 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 .