{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/1-corinthians/11","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T19:22:44.358Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"1 Corinthians","bookSlug":"1-corinthians","chapter":11,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":10,"nextChapter":12,"totalChapters":16,"totalVerses":34},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Now I praise you that ye remember me in all things, and hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them to you."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoreth his head."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"But 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."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For 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."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For 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."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man:"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"for neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man:"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"for this cause ought the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Nevertheless, neither is the woman without the man, nor the man without the woman, in the Lord."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For as the woman is of the man, so is the man also by the woman; but all things are of God."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Judge ye in yourselves: is it seemly that a woman pray unto God unveiled?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a dishonor to him?"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"But if any man seemeth to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"But in giving you this charge, I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better but for the worse."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and I partly believe it."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"For there must be also factions among you, that they that are approved may be made manifest among you."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"When therefore ye assemble yourselves together, it is not possible to eat the Lord's supper:"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"for in your eating each one taketh before other his own supper; and one is hungry, and another is drunken."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"What, 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."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"For 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;"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, This is my body, which is for you: this do in remembrance of me."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"In 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."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord's death till he come."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Wherefore 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."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"But let a man prove himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"For he that eateth and drinketh, eateth and drinketh judgment unto himself, if he discern not the body."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"But if we discerned ourselves, we should not be judged."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait one for another."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"If 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."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Corinthians 11 (ASV)","markdown":"[1 Corinthians 11](https://primebible.com/asv/1-corinthians/11)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/1-corinthians/11 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}