1 Corinthians 11

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

WEB KJV

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WEBBe imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.
KJVBe ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
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WEBNow I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.
KJVNow I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
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WEBBut I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
KJVBut 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.
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WEBEvery man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head.
KJVEvery man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.
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WEBBut every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved.
KJVBut every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
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WEBFor if a woman is not covered, let her hair also be cut off. But if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut off or be shaved, let her be covered.
KJVFor if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
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WEBFor a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.
KJVFor a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
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WEBFor man is not from woman, but woman from man;
KJVFor the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.
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WEBfor man wasn’t created for the woman, but woman for the man.
KJVNeither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
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WEBFor this cause the woman ought to have authority over her own head, because of the angels.
KJVFor this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
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WEBNevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.
KJVNevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
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WEBFor as woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God.
KJVFor as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.
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WEBJudge for yourselves. Is it appropriate that a woman pray to God unveiled?
KJVJudge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
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WEBDoesn’t even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?
KJVDoth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
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WEBBut if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her for a covering.
KJVBut if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
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WEBBut if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God’s assemblies.
KJVBut if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
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WEBBut in giving you this command I don’t praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.
KJVNow in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
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WEBFor first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.
KJVFor first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
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WEBFor there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.
KJVFor there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
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WEBWhen therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat.
KJVWhen ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper.
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WEBFor in your eating each one takes his own supper first. One is hungry, and another is drunken.
KJVFor in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
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WEBWhat, don’t you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God’s assembly and put them to shame who don’t have enough? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I don’t praise you.
KJVWhat? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
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WEBFor I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.
KJVFor I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
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WEBWhen he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “Take, eat. This is my body, which is broken for you. Do this in memory of me.”
KJVAnd when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
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WEBIn the same way he also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me.”
KJVAfter the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
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WEBFor as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
KJVFor as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.
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WEBTherefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord’s cup in a way unworthy of the Lord will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
KJVWherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
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WEBBut let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
KJVBut let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
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WEBFor he who eats and drinks in an unworthy way eats and drinks judgment to himself if he doesn’t discern the Lord’s body.
KJVFor he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.
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WEBFor this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.
KJVFor this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
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WEBFor if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn’t be judged.
KJVFor if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
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WEBBut when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
KJVBut when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
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WEBTherefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.
KJVWherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.
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WEBBut if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.
KJVAnd if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.

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