1 Wees my navolgers, soos ek dit ook van Christus is.

2 En ek prys julle, broeders, dat julle in alles aan my dink en aan die leringe vashou soos ek dit aan julle oorgelewer het.

3 Maar ek wil hê dat julle moet weet dat Christus die hoof is van elke man, en die man die hoof van die vrou, en God die hoof van Christus.

4 Elke man wat bid of profeteer met iets op sy hoof, doen sy hoof oneer aan;

5 maar elke vrou wat bid of profeteer met onbedekte hoof, doen haar hoof oneer aan; want dit is een en dieselfde asof haar hoof geskeer is.

6 Want as 'n vrou se hoof nie bedek is nie, laat sy dan ook haar hare afsny; maar as dit vir 'n vrou lelik is om haar hare af te sny of te skeer, laat sy haar hoof bedek.

7 Want 'n man moet die hoof nie bedek nie, omdat hy die beeld en heerlikheid van God is; maar die vrou is die heerlikheid van die man.

8 Want die man is nie uit die vrou nie, maar die vrou uit die man.

9 Want die man is ook nie ter wille van die vrou geskape nie, maar die vrou ter wille van die man.

10 Daarom moet die vrou 'n aanduiding van gesag op die hoof hê ter wille van die engele.

11 En tog, in die Here is die man nie sonder die vrou nie, en die vrou ook nie sonder die man nie.

12 Want soos die vrou uit die man is, so is ook die man deur middel van die vrou; maar alles is uit God.

13 Oordeel self: Is dit betaamlik dat 'n vrou met onbedekte hoof tot God bid?

14 Of leer ook die natuur self julle nie dat as 'n man lang hare dra, dit vir hom 'n oneer is nie;

15 maar as 'n vrou lang hare dra, dit vir haar 'n eer is, omdat die lang hare vir haar gegee is as 'n bedekking?

16 Maar as iemand meen om twisgierig te wees, ons het nie so 'n gewoonte nie, en ook die gemeentes van God nie.

17 Maar terwyl ek dit beveel, kan ek dit nie prys nie dat julle saamkom, nie ten goede nie maar ten kwade.

18 Want in die eerste plek hoor ek dat, as julle saamkom in die gemeente, daar skeuringe onder julle is, en gedeeltelik glo ek dit.

19 Want daar moet ook partyskappe onder julle wees, sodat die beproefdes onder julle openbaar kan word.

20 As julle dus saamkom, dan wil dit nie sê dat julle die nagmaal van die Here eet nie.

21 Want as julle eet, gebruik elkeen eers sy eie ete; en die een het honger en die ander is dronk.

22 Het julle dan geen huise om in te eet en te drink nie? Of verag julle die gemeente van God, en maak julle die beskaamd wat nie het nie? Wat sal ek vir julle sê? Sal ek julle prys? Hierin prys ek julle nie.

23 Want ek het van die Here ontvang wat ek ook aan julle oorgelewer het, dat die Here Jesus in die nag waarin Hy verraai is, brood geneem het;

24 en nadat Hy gedank het, het Hy dit gebreek en gesê: Neem, eet; dit is my liggaam wat vir julle gebreek word; doen dit tot my gedagtenis.

25 Net so ook die beker n die ete, met die woorde: Hierdie beker is die nuwe testament in my bloed; doen dit, so dikwels as julle daaruit drink, tot my gedagtenis.

26 Want so dikwels as julle hierdie brood eet en hierdie beker drink, verkondig julle die dood van die Here totdat Hy kom.

27 Wie dan op onwaardige wyse hierdie brood eet of die beker van die Here drink, sal skuldig wees aan die liggaam en bloed van die Here.

28 Maar die mens moet homself beproef en so van die brood eet en uit die beker drink.

29 Want wie op onwaardige wyse eet en drink, eet en drink 'n oordeel oor homself, terwyl hy die liggaam van die Here nie onderskei nie.

30 Daarom is daar onder julle baie swakkes en sieklikes, en 'n aantal het ontslaap.

31 Want as ons onsself beoordeel het, sou ons nie geoordeel word nie.

32 Maar as ons geoordeel word, word ons deur die Here getugtig, sodat ons nie saam met die wêreld veroordeel mag word nie.

33 Daarom, my broeders, as julle saamkom om te eet, wag vir mekaar;

34 en as iemand honger het, laat hom by die huis eet, sodat julle nie tot 'n oordeel saamkom nie. Die ander sake sal ek reël wanneer ek kom.

1 So take me for your example, even as I take Christ for mine.

2 Now I am pleased to see that you keep me in memory in all things, and that you give attention to the teaching which was handed down from me to you.

3 But it is important for you to keep this fact in mind, 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 who takes part in prayer, or gives teaching as a prophet, with his head covered, puts shame on his head.

5 But every woman who does so with her head unveiled, puts shame on her head: for it is the same as if her hair was cut off.

6 For if a woman is not veiled, let her hair be cut off; but if it is a shame to a woman to have her hair cut off, let her be veiled.

7 For it is not right for a man 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 the man did not come from the woman, but the woman from the man.

9 And the man was not made for the woman, but the woman for the man.

10 For this reason it is right for the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

11 But the woman is not separate from the man, and the man is not separate from the woman in the Lord.

12 For as the woman is from the man, so the man is through the woman; but all things are from God.

13 Be judges yourselves of the question: does it seem right for a woman to take part in prayer unveiled?

14 Does it not seem natural to you that if a man has long hair, it is a cause of shame to him?

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 But if any man will not be ruled in this question, this is not our way of doing things, and it is not done in the churches of God.

17 But in giving you this order, there is one thing about which I am not pleased: it is that when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse.

18 For first of all, it has come to my ears that when you come together in the church, there are divisions among you, and I take the statement to be true in part.

19 For divisions are necessary among you, in order that those who have God's approval may be clearly seen among you.

20 But now, when you come together, it is not possible to take the holy meal of the Lord:

21 For when you take your food, everyone takes his meal before the other; and one has not enough food, and another is the worse for drink.

22 What? have you not houses to take your meals in? or have you no respect for the church of God, putting the poor to shame? What am I to say to you? am I to give you praise? certainly not.

23 For it was handed down to me from the Lord, as I gave it to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night when Judas was false to him, took bread,

24 And when it had been broken with an act of praise, he said, This is my body which is for you: do this in memory of me.

25 In the same way, with the cup, after the meal, he said, This cup is the new testament in my blood: do this, whenever you take it, in memory of me.

26 For whenever you take the bread and the cup you give witness to the Lord's death till he comes.

27 If, then, anyone takes the bread or the cup of the Lord in the wrong spirit, he will be responsible for the body and blood of the Lord.

28 But let no man take of the bread and the cup without testing himself.

29 For a man puts himself in danger, if he takes part in the holy meal without being conscious that it is the Lord's body.

30 For this cause a number of you are feeble and ill, and a number are dead.

31 But if we were true judges of ourselves, punishment would not come on us.

32 But if punishment does come, it is sent by the Lord, so that we may be safe when the world is judged.

33 So then, my brothers, when you come together to the holy meal of the Lord, let there be waiting for one another.

34 If any man is in need of food, let him take his meal in his house; so that you may not come together to your damage. And the rest I will put in order when I come.