1 Corinthians 11 - EasyEnglish Bible 2024（EASY）

Chapter 11

1Copy my example, in the same way that I copy Christ's example.

Paul teaches about men and women in Christian meetings

2I praise you, because you remember me and everything that I taught you. You continue to obey the message that I gave to you.

3This is something that I want you to know: Christ has authority over every man, as his head. Also, the head of a woman is her husband. And the head of Christ is God.

4So, when you meet together to worship God, remember this. When a man prays to God, or he speaks a message from God, he should not cover his head. If he covers his head, he does not respect the one who is his head.

5But when a woman prays or she speaks a message from God, she should cover her head. If she does not cover her head, she does not respect the one who is her head. It would be as bad as if she had cut off all her hair.

6If a woman refuses to cover her head, she should cut off her hair. But, if a woman has no hair, or she has very short hair, she will be very ashamed. So it is better that she should cover her head in your meetings.

7Men show what God is like and they show how great God is. So a man should not cover his head in your meetings. But a woman shows how great men are.

8When God made people, he did not use part of the woman to make a man. God made the man first. Then he made the woman from part of the man.

9God did not make the man as a helper for the woman. No, God made the woman as a helper for the man.

10That is why a woman should cover her head. It shows that she has authority on her head. It also pleases the angels.

11But remember this: we all belong to the Lord. Men and women need to help one another. They cannot remain separate.

12It is true that God used part of the man to make the first woman. But it is also true that women give birth to men. Remember that all things come from God himself.

13Think about this: If a woman prays to God but she has not covered her head, is that proper?

14If a man has long hair, that should make him ashamed. That is clear.

15But if a woman has long hair, she can be proud of it. God gave beautiful hair to women to cover their heads.

16Some people may want to argue about this. But I have told you what we do. And all of God's people in the different churches do the same thing.

Paul teaches about the Lord's Supper

17Now I must teach you something else about your meetings. I will not praise you, because more bad things than good things happen when you meet together.

18First, I hear that there are separate groups when you meet together as God's people. I believe that some of what I have heard about you is true.

19Perhaps there must be separate groups among you. Then everyone can see clearly which group God accepts as right!

20When you meet together, the meal that you eat is not really the Lord's Supper.

21When you are ready to eat, each of you eats your own meal. You do not wait for anyone else. As a result, one of you may be hungry, while another person becomes drunk.

22If you want to eat like that, you have your own homes where you can eat and drink! Instead, you insult the people of God's church. You make people who have nothing feel ashamed. I cannot praise you for what you do. Whatever I might say to you about this, I certainly cannot praise you.

23This is the message that I received from the Lord. I then told it to you.

This is what happened on the night that Jesus' enemies took hold of him. The Lord Jesus took some bread to eat with his disciples.

24He thanked God for the bread and then he broke it into pieces. He said: ‘This is my body that I give to save you. Eat this bread, so that you remember me.’

25After they had eaten supper, Jesus took a cup of wine. He spoke to his disciples again. He said, ‘This cup shows my blood that will pour out when I die. God now makes a new covenant to save people because of my death. Whenever you drink from the cup in this way, do it to remember me.’

26Whenever you eat the bread and you drink from the cup like this, it is a sign to people. You are showing them what the Lord's death means. You should continue to do this until he returns.

27Since that is true, you must be careful. Eat the bread and drink from the cup in a way that is right. Anyone who does not do that will be guilty. They show that they do not respect the Lord's body and his blood.

28So everyone must think carefully about how they eat the bread and they drink from the cup.

29They must understand how important the Lord's body is. If anyone does not recognize this, God will punish them.

30That is why many of you are weak and sick. Some of you have even died because of this.

31But if we think carefully about ourselves, then God will not need to punish us.

32But the Lord does need to punish us sometimes. When he does that, he is teaching us what is good and right. Then we will not be guilty, like other people who do not know God.

33So, my Christian friends, be patient when you meet together for the Lord's Supper. Do not start to eat before everyone is ready.

34If you are hungry, you should eat at home before you come. Then, when you meet together, God will not have any reason to punish you.

I will talk about the other things when I come to visit you.