1 imitatores mei estote sicut et ego Christi
2 laudo autem vos fratres
quod omnia mei memores estis
et sicut tradidi vobis praecepta 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 est enim atque si decalvetur
6 nam si non velatur mulier et tondeatur
si vero turpe est mulieri tonderi aut decalvari velet caput suum
7 vir quidem non debet velare caput
quoniam imago et gloria est Dei
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 iudicate
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 ecclesiae Dei
17 hoc autem praecipio non laudans
quod non in melius sed in deterius convenitis
18 primum quidem convenientibus vobis in ecclesia
audio scissuras esse et ex parte credo
19 nam oportet et hereses esse
ut et qui probati sunt manifesti fiant in vobis
20 convenientibus ergo vobis in unum
iam non est dominicam cenam manducare
21 unusquisque enim suam cenam praesumit 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 Iesus in qua nocte tradebatur
accepit panem
24 et gratias agens fregit et dixit
hoc est corpus meum pro vobis
hoc facite in meam commemorationem
25 similiter et calicem postquam cenavit dicens
hic calix novum testamentum est in meo sanguine
hoc facite quotienscumque bibetis in meam
commemorationem
26 quotienscumque enim manducabitis panem hunc et calicem bibetis
mortem Domini adnuntiatis donec veniat
27 itaque quicumque manducaverit panem
vel biberit calicem Domini indigne
reus erit corporis et sanguinis Domini
28 probet autem se ipsum homo
et sic de pane illo edat et de calice bibat
29 qui enim manducat et bibit indigne
iudicium sibi manducat et bibit
non diiudicans corpus
30 ideo inter vos multi infirmes et inbecilles
et dormiunt multi
31 quod si nosmet ipsos diiudicaremus
non utique iudicaremur
32 dum iudicamur autem a Domino corripimur
ut non cum hoc mundo damnemur
33 itaque fratres mei cum convenitis ad manducandum invicem expectate
34 si quis esurit domi manducet
ut non in iudicium conveniatis
cetera autem cum venero disponam
1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. 3 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. 4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. 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. 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. 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. 8 For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. 9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. 10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels. 11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. 12 For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God. 13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? 14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? 15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering. 16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
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. 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. 19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. 20 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper. 21 For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. 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. 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: 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. 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. 26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come. 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. 28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. 30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. 33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. 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.