1COR Chapter 11

1Cor 11

Paul commended Corinthians for keeping to his tutelage/tutorage  

1 Become my imitator, even as I am of Christ.

2 however, I applaud you, for you remember and hold fast to all my handed-down transmissions/ordinances as delivered to you.

Paul interrogates Jewish custom of shaving hairs during purification of women and the custom for a decent Christian women to fully dress well

3 Moreover, I want you to be aware, that as God is the HEAD to Christ, Christ also is the Head to all fellow-men/husbands and husband is the head-(master) to his wife.

4 Every husband, making prayer, or prophesying, and is holding on to things against his head, is disgracing who is the Head to him.

5 Moreover, every wife (married woman) who is making prayer or prophesying and is not fully dressed/veiled (akatakalyptos), is disgracing who is the  head to her; because, she is the same with one person with a shaven head (xurao).

6 for, if a wife (married woman) will not be fully covered (dressed), she could even shear (keiro), Moreover, if to shear (keiro) or be shaven (xurao) is shameful/indecorum to a wife (married woman), she should be fully veiled (well dressed/covered).

7 #for husband ought not to be fully covered/veiled, being of a statue/image existing as subordinate for the glory of God; but a wife (married woman), is indeed for the glory of (her) head (master), even the husband#

8 because the husband was not out of the wife, but the wife was out of the husband.

9 and because, the husband was not originally-created because of the wife, but the wife, because of the husband (Gen 2:21-23)

10 by this reason, for Angel to have authority upon the wife, it must be through the head-master (husband) (Num 30)

11 nevertheless, in the Lord, neither the wife should be separately apart from husband, nor the husband should be separately apart from wife.

12 for, just as the woman was out of the fellow-man, even felow-man is likewise THROUGH a woman (by pregnancy), but everybody is out of God.

13 is it fit/right for a wife/married woman, who is making prayer (publicly), not to be fully-dressed/covered (revealing her body)? You could judge/decide on it for God: 

14 are you not even taught the same thing by nature that, in case, a fellow-man is with long hairs, it is a disgrace to him?

15 but, in case, a married woman is with long hairs, there is a glory that a mantle/total-covering will give to her in place of her long hair.

16 but if anyone has a contentious thing, neither we, nor the church think such kind of custom is of God. 

Advice on love-feast instead of open display of schism and selfishness during holy communion meal 

17 Moreover, this is to instruct you, and not to commend you; for you gathered together, not unto getting better, but unto the worse.

18 firstly, you and certain persons who have faith, gathered together indeed in church and I heard of schism/division within subordinate-leaders in your SECTIONS (local assembly). 

19 because, there happens to be factions (sects) among you, and at least it is evident/open, there must be the acceptable/approved one among you.

20 therefore, you are not gathering together upon eating the Lord's dinner.

21 for, every person should first take a dinner of his own. But, there are some who in eating got drunk, and some indeed are hungry.

22  don't you have houses unto eating and drinking? Or are you to despise the church, and disgrace those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I commend you to God in this? No. I will not commend you, Never! 

Holy communion meal is, according to the command of the Lord

23 for I have accepted away from the Lord, even what I deliver up to you: for the Lord Jesus, took a loaf of bread, in the night He was betrayed,

24 and having expressed gratitude, He broke it, and said, this (bread) is of My Body; which is for your sake; do this thing unto My remembrance.

25 And likewise, the cup, amid dinning/taking meal, He said, this cup is of My Blood in the New-age covenant, whenever in case you drink, do this thing unto My remembrance.

26 for as many times, in case, you eat of this bread, and drink of the cup, you will proclaim the Lord, until that which is of death will come.

Thorough discernment of Holy communion meal is the pre-requisite

27 Therefore, whoever possibly eat of the bread, or drink of the cup of the Lord unworthily (irreverently), will be guilty, for the BODY and the BLOOD of the Lord.

28 so, a man should test/prove himself, and thus, eat out from the bread and drink out from the cup.

29 for, those who eat and drink, had eaten and drunk to judgment of themselves, for not having thoroughly DISSECTED (DISCERN) the BODY.

30 By this reason, many competent ones within you are weak and sick and even have fallen asleep/dead.

31 for, if they had thoroughly dissected/discerned on their own, they would not have possibly been judged.

32 However, having been judged under the Lord, they have been disciplined, at least, they will not be condemned together with the world.

33 my brethren, therefore as you will gather together unto eating, wait for one another.

34 if anyone is hungry, he should eat at home; at least, you will not be gathering together unto judgment; however, as it were, I will possibly come to give order on the remaining things.