1 ARST Do what I do, just like I do what Christ did. BSB BSB: You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.
2 ARST I commend you because you always think of what I teach and do and because you carefully believe and do what I taught you to believe and do. BSB BSB: Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.
3 ARST I am telling you that each man comes from the Messiah. A wife comes from her husband. Finally, the Messiah comes from God. BSB BSB: But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
4 ARST Men might cover their heads when they pray or proclaim what God says. Those who do this shame the person they come from:{ the Messiah}. BSB BSB: Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.
6 ARST In fact, someone should cut short the hair of any woman who bares her head. Since people shame a woman who has short hair, women should not bare their heads. BSB BSB: If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.
7 ARST Further, on the one hand, men should not cover their heads, because they represent and honor God. On the other hand, wives honor their husbands. BSB BSB: A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.
8 ARST { You can tell that this is true} because God did not make the man Adam from the woman Eve. Rather, he made the woman Eve from the man Adam. BSB BSB: For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.
9 ARST Another{ way that you can tell that this is true is} because God did not make the man Adam for the sake of the woman Eve. Rather, he made the woman Eve for the sake of the man Adam. BSB BSB: Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
10 ARST Because{ wives honor their husbands}, women should control{ what they wear} on their heads.{ They should do this also} because of the powerful spiritual beings. BSB BSB: For this reason a woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.
11 ARST Despite all that, when God unites people to the Messiah, women cannot exist without men, and men cannot exist without women. BSB BSB: In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.
12 ARST In fact, while the woman{ Eve} did come from the man{ Adam}, men only exist because women give birth to them. However, everything that exists{, including men and women,} comes from God. BSB BSB: For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.
13 ARST You yourselves should decide whether women who pray to God without covering their heads act appropriately or not. BSB BSB: Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
14 ARST You can learn from observing the way things are that it is dishonorable for men to have long hair. BSB BSB: Doesn’t nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,
15 ARST However,{ you can also learn from observing the way things are} that it is honorable for women to have long hair.{ This is} because God has given women their long hair, which functions to cover{ their heads}. BSB BSB: but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.
16 ARST Now if any people consider arguing about what I have said, neither we nor God’ s churches allow women to uncover their heads{ when they pray or prophesy}. BSB BSB: If anyone is inclined to dispute this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.
17 ARST I am now going to instruct you about another topic, and I cannot commend you in this area.{ I cannot commend you,} because you harm fellow believers instead of helping them when you gather as fellow believers. BSB BSB: In the following instructions I have no praise to offer, because your gatherings do more harm than good.
18 ARST Here is the first thing I will speak about: some people have told me that you split up into rival groups when you gather as fellow believers to worship God. I believe that this is partly true. BSB BSB: First of all, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
19 ARST { I believe it} because there need to be disagreements in your group. That way, it may become clear{ to everyone} whom in your group God considers to be acceptable{ to him}. BSB BSB: And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.
20 ARST Because of these divisions, you are not actually eating the Lord’ s Supper when you gather as fellow believers together{ to eat}. BSB BSB: Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.
21 ARST During your meals, some people are eating their own food before{ others receive some}. In this way, some people do not have enough to eat, while other people are getting drunk. BSB BSB: For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.
22 ARST You act in these ways despite the fact that you can eat food and drink wine in your own houses. Instead, though, you think contemptuously about God’ s church. In particular, you shame people who have less than you do. You should already know what I will say to you. I am not going to commend you for doing these things. I will definitely not do that! BSB BSB: Don’t you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? No, I will not!
23 ARST I have already told you what I learned from the Lord about the night when Judas handed the Lord Jesus over{ to the authorities, who executed him}. During that night, Jesus picked up a loaf of bread. BSB BSB: For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,
24 ARST He thanked God{ for the loaf of bread}, and then he tore it into pieces{ so that the disciples could eat it}. Then he said,“This{ bread} is my body, which I am offering for your sake. Repeat what I have done so that you remember{ how I am offering} myself{ for you}.” BSB BSB: and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
25 ARST Just as{ he picked up the loaf of bread}, he also picked up the cup{ of wine} after they had eaten. He said,“This cup{ of wine} is the new covenant{ that I am inaugurating} with my blood. Repeat what I have done whenever you drink from this cup of wine so that you remember{ how I am offering} myself{ for you}.” BSB BSB: In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
26 ARST This means that, until the Lord comes back, whenever{ you participate in the Lord’ s Supper by} eating this bread and drinking{ wine from} this cup, you announce that the Lord has died. BSB BSB: For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.
27 ARST So then, some people, while participating in the Lord’ s Supper, might eat the bread or drink{ wine from} the cup in a way that dishonors{ the Messiah}. God will hold them responsible for{ how they have acted against} the Lord’ s body and blood. BSB BSB: Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.
28 ARST To avoid that, believers should carefully consider how they are behaving. Then, they can eat the bread and drink{ wine} from the cup. BSB BSB: Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.
29 ARST { You should carefully consider how you are behaving,} because some people eat and drink{ during the Lord’ s Supper} but do not recognize{ that God has united fellow believers to the Lord as closely as if they were} the Lord’ s body. How those people eat and drink{ during the Lord’ s Supper} will result in God punishing them. BSB BSB: For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.
30 ARST Because{ people in your group have acted in that improper way}, many of them have gotten sick and some of them have died. BSB BSB: That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.
31 ARST So, we believers really should carefully consider how we are acting{ before we participate in the Lord’ s Supper}. Then, God will not punish us. BSB BSB: Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.
32 ARST However, when the Lord does punish us, he does it to train us. That way, God does not include us when he declares everyone who does not believe in the Messiah to be guilty. BSB BSB: But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
33 ARST In conclusion, my fellow believers, when you gather together to eat{ the Lord’ s Supper}, you should not start eating until everyone has received food and drink. BSB BSB: So, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.
34 ARST Any people who are{ so} hungry{ that they start eating before everyone has received food and drink} should eat at their own houses. That way, when you gather together as fellow believers, God will not punish you. I have not said everything that I need to say. So, I will instruct you about those things whenever I visit you. BSB BSB: If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you come together it will not result in judgment. And when I come, I will give instructions about the remaining matters.
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