1 Corinthiens 11
Louis Segond
11 Soyez mes imitateurs, comme je le suis moi-même de Christ.
2 Je vous loue de ce que vous vous souvenez de moi à tous égards, et de ce que vous retenez mes instructions telles que je vous les ai données.
3 Je veux cependant que vous sachiez que Christ est le chef de tout homme, que l'homme est le chef de la femme, et que Dieu est le chef de Christ.
4 Tout homme qui prie ou qui prophétise, la tête couverte, déshonore son chef.
5 Toute femme, au contraire, qui prie ou qui prophétise, la tête non voilée, déshonore son chef: c'est comme si elle était rasée.
6 Car si une femme n'est pas voilée, qu'elle se coupe aussi les cheveux. Or, s'il est honteux pour une femme d'avoir les cheveux coupés ou d'être rasée, qu'elle se voile.
7 L'homme ne doit pas se couvrir la tête, puisqu'il est l'image et la gloire de Dieu, tandis que la femme est la gloire de l'homme.
8 En effet, l'homme n'a pas été tiré de la femme, mais la femme a été tirée de l'homme;
9 et l'homme n'a pas été créé à cause de la femme, mais la femme a été créée à cause de l'homme.
10 C'est pourquoi la femme, à cause des anges, doit avoir sur la tête une marque de l'autorité dont elle dépend.
11 Toutefois, dans le Seigneur, la femme n'est point sans l'homme, ni l'homme sans la femme.
12 Car, de même que la femme a été tirée de l'homme, de même l'homme existe par la femme, et tout vient de Dieu.
13 Jugez-en vous-mêmes: est-il convenable qu'une femme prie Dieu sans être voilée?
14 La nature elle-même ne vous enseigne-t-elle pas que c'est une honte pour l'homme de porter de longs cheveux,
15 mais que c'est une gloire pour la femme d'en porter, parce que la chevelure lui a été donnée comme voile?
16 Si quelqu'un se plaît à contester, nous n'avons pas cette habitude, non plus que les Églises de Dieu.
17 En donnant cet avertissement, ce que je ne loue point, c'est que vous vous assemblez, non pour devenir meilleurs, mais pour devenir pires.
18 Et d'abord, j'apprends que, lorsque vous vous réunissez en assemblée, il y a parmi vous des divisions, -et je le crois en partie,
19 car il faut qu'il y ait aussi des sectes parmi vous, afin que ceux qui sont approuvés soient reconnus comme tels au milieu de vous. -
20 Lors donc que vous vous réunissez, ce n'est pas pour manger le repas du Seigneur;
21 car, quand on se met à table, chacun commence par prendre son propre repas, et l'un a faim, tandis que l'autre est ivre.
22 N'avez-vous pas des maisons pour y manger et boire? Ou méprisez-vous l'Église de Dieu, et faites-vous honte à ceux qui n'ont rien? Que vous dirai-je? Vous louerai-je? En cela je ne vous loue point.
23 Car j'ai reçu du Seigneur ce que je vous ai enseigné; c'est que le Seigneur Jésus, dans la nuit où il fut livré, prit du pain,
24 et, après avoir rendu grâces, le rompit, et dit: Ceci est mon corps, qui est rompu pour vous; faites ceci en mémoire de moi.
25 De même, après avoir soupé, il prit la coupe, et dit: Cette coupe est la nouvelle alliance en mon sang; faites ceci en mémoire de moi toutes les fois que vous en boirez.
26 Car toutes les fois que vous mangez ce pain et que vous buvez cette coupe, vous annoncez la mort du Seigneur, jusqu'à ce qu'il vienne.
27 C'est pourquoi celui qui mangera le pain ou boira la coupe du Seigneur indignement, sera coupable envers le corps et le sang du Seigneur.
28 Que chacun donc s'éprouve soi-même, et qu'ainsi il mange du pain et boive de la coupe;
29 car celui qui mange et boit sans discerner le corps du Seigneur, mange et boit un jugement contre lui-même.
30 C'est pour cela qu'il y a parmi vous beaucoup d'infirmes et de malades, et qu'un grand nombre sont morts.
31 Si nous nous jugions nous-mêmes, nous ne serions pas jugés.
32 Mais quand nous sommes jugés, nous sommes châtiés par le Seigneur, afin que nous ne soyons pas condamnés avec le monde.
33 Ainsi, mes frères, lorsque vous vous réunissez pour le repas, attendez-vous les uns les autres.
34 Si quelqu'un a faim, qu'il mange chez lui, afin que vous ne vous réunissiez pas pour attirer un jugement sur vous. Je réglerai les autres choses quand je serai arrivé.
1 Corinthians 11
New English Translation
11 1 Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.
Women’s Head Coverings
2 I praise you[a] because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions just as I passed them on to you. 3 But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman,[b] and God is the head of Christ. 4 Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered disgraces his head. 5 But any woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered disgraces her head, for it is one and the same thing as having a shaved head. 6 For if a woman will not cover her head, she should cut off her hair. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, she should cover her head. 7 For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of the man. 8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man. 9 Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for man. 10 For this reason a woman should have a symbol of authority[c] on her head, because of the angels.[d] 11 In any case, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. 12 For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman. But all things come from God. 13 Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? 14 Does not nature[e] itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace for him, 15 but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering.[f] 16 If anyone intends to quarrel about this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.
The Lord’s Supper
17 Now in giving the following instruction I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse. 18 For in the first place, when you come together as a church I hear there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it. 19 For there must in fact be divisions among you, so that those of you who are approved may be evident.[g] 20 Now when you come together at the same place, you are not really eating the Lord’s Supper. 21 For when it is time to eat, everyone proceeds with his own supper. One is hungry and another becomes drunk. 22 Do you not have houses so that you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show contempt for the church of God by shaming those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this!
23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread, 24 and after he had given thanks he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way, he also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, every time you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For every time you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
27 For this reason, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 28 A person should examine himself first,[h] and in this way[i] let him eat the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For the one who eats and drinks without careful regard[j] for the body eats and drinks judgment against himself. 30 That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few are dead.[k] 31 But if we examined ourselves, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world. 33 So then, my brothers and sisters,[l] when you come together to eat, wait for one another. 34 If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that when you assemble it does not lead to judgment. I will give directions about other matters when I come.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 11:2 tc The Western and Byzantine texts, as well as one or two Alexandrian mss (D F G Ψ 33 M latt sy), combine in reading ἀδελφοί (adelphoi, “brothers”) here, while the Alexandrian witnesses (P46 א A B C P 81 630 1175 1739 1881 2464 co) largely lack the address. The addition of ἀδελφοί is apparently a motivated reading, however, for scribes would have naturally wanted to add it to ἐπαινῶ δὲ ὑμᾶς (epainō de humas, “now I praise you”), especially as this begins a new section. On the other hand, it is difficult to explain how the shorter reading could have arisen from the longer one. Thus, on both internal and external grounds, the shorter reading is strongly preferred.
- 1 Corinthians 11:3 tn Or “the husband is the head of his wife.” The same Greek words translated “man” and “woman” can mean, as determined by context, “husband” and “wife” respectively. Such an approach is followed by NAB, TEV, NRSV, and NLT (with some variations).
- 1 Corinthians 11:10 sn Paul does not use a word specifying what type of “covering” is meant (veil, hat, etc.). The Greek word he uses here (ἐξουσία exousia; translated symbol of authority) could be (1) a figure of speech that may substitute the result (the right to participate in worship) for the appropriate appearance that makes it possible (the covered head). Or (2) it refers to the outward symbol (having the head covered) as representing the inward attitude the woman is to possess (deference to male leadership in the church).
- 1 Corinthians 11:10 sn Paul does not explain this reference to the angels, and its point is not entirely clear. It seems to reflect an awareness that angels are witnesses to church life (cf. Eph 3:10) and would be particularly sensitive to resistance against God’s created order.
- 1 Corinthians 11:14 sn Paul does not mean nature in the sense of “the natural world” or “Mother Nature.” It denotes “the way things are” because of God’s design.
- 1 Corinthians 11:15 sn No word for veil or head covering occurs in vv. 3-14 (see the note on authority in v. 10). That the hair is regarded by Paul as a covering in v. 15 is not necessarily an argument that the hair is the same as the head covering that he is describing in the earlier verses (esp. v. 10). Throughout this unit of material, Paul points out the similarities of long hair with a head covering. But his doing so seems to suggest that the two are not to be identified with each other. Precisely because they are similar they do not appear to be identical (cf. vv. 5, 6, 7, 10, 13). If head covering = long hair, then what does v. 6 mean (“For if a woman will not cover her head, she should cut off her hair”)? This suggests that the covering is not the same as the hair itself.
- 1 Corinthians 11:19 tn Grk “those approved may be evident among you.”
- 1 Corinthians 11:28 tn The word “first” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. It has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
- 1 Corinthians 11:28 tn Grk “in this manner.”
- 1 Corinthians 11:29 tn The word more literally means, “judging between, recognizing, distinguishing.”
- 1 Corinthians 11:30 tn Grk “are asleep.” The verb κοιμάω (koimaō) literally means “sleep,” but it is often used in the Bible as a euphemism for the death of a believer.
- 1 Corinthians 11:33 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.
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