⁷ Then the Lord God formed man of ^(A)dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and ^(B)man became a living ^[a]being.

²² The Lord God ^[a]fashioned into a woman ^(A)the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.

⁸ For ^(A)man ^[a]does not originate from woman, but woman from man; ⁹ for indeed man was not created for the woman’s sake, but ^(B)woman for the man’s sake. ¹⁰ Therefore the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. ¹¹ However, in the Lord, neither is woman ^[b]independent of man, nor is man ^[c]independent of woman. ¹² For as the woman ^[d]originates from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and ^(C)all things ^[e]originate ^(D)from God. ^13 (E)Judge ^[f]for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? ¹⁴ Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor 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 one is inclined to be contentious, ^(F)we have no ^[g]other practice, nor have ^(G)the churches of God.

¹⁷ But in giving this instruction, ^(H)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 ^[h]as a church, I hear that ^[i](I)divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it. ¹⁹ For there ^(J)must also be factions among you, ^(K)so that those who are approved may become ^[j]evident among you. ²⁰ Therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper, ²¹ for in your eating each one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry and ^(L)another is drunk. ²² What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the ^(M)church of God and ^(N)shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall ^(O)I praise you? In this I will not praise you.

The Lord’s Supper

²³ For ^(P)I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that ^(Q)the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; ²⁴ 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 In the same way He took ^(R)the cup also after supper, saying, “This cup is the ^(S)new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” ²⁶ For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death ^(T)until He comes.

²⁷ Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be ^(U)guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. ²⁸ But a man must ^(V)examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. ²⁹ For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly. ³⁰ For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number ^[k](W)sleep. ³¹ But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged. ³² But when we are judged, we are ^(X)disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with ^(Y)the world.

³³ So then, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. ³⁴ If anyone is ^(Z)hungry, let him eat ^(AA)at home, so that you will not come together for judgment. The remaining matters I will ^(AB)arrange ^(AC)when I come.