1: Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
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2: Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things,
and keep the ordinances, 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 the man; and the head of Christ is
God. |
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4: Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered,
dishonoureth his head. |
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5: But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head
uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were
shaven. |
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6: For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if
it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
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7: For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he
is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
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8: For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.
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9: Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for
the man. |
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10: For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head
because of the angels. |
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11: Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither
the woman without the man, in the Lord. |
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12: For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by
the woman; but all things of god. |
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13: Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God
uncovered? |
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14: Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have
long hair, it is a shame unto him? |
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15: 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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16: But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such
custom, neither the churches of God. |
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17: Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye
come together not for the better, but for the worse. |
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18: For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear
that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. |
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19: For there must be also heresies among you, that they which
are approved may be made manifest among you. |
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20: When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not
to eat the Lord's supper. |
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21: For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper:
and one is hungry, and another is drunken. |
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22: What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise
ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to
you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not. |
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23: For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered
unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed
took bread: |
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24: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take,
eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of
me. |
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25: After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had
supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye,
as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. |
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26: For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do
shew the Lord's death till he come. |
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27: Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup
of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the
Lord. |
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28: But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that
bread, and drink of that cup. |
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29: For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and
drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. |
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30: For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many
sleep. |
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31: For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
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32: But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we
should not be condemned with the world. |
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33: Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry
one for another. |
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34: And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not
together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I
come. |