1Corinthians:11

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* Be yee followers of mee , euen as I am of Christ . * * * * * Therefore if the woman be not couered , let her also be shorne : and if it be shame for a woman to be shorne or shauen , let her be couered . * * * * * * For as the woman is of the man , so is the man also by the woman : but all things are of God . * * Doeth not nature it selfe teach you , that if a man haue long heare , it is a shame vnto him ? * But if a woman have long hair , it is a glory to her : for [her ] hair is given her for a (note :)To be a covering for her , and such a covering as should procure another .(:note ) covering . * * * * * When ye come together therefore into one place , [this ] is (note :)This is a usual metaphor by which the apostle flatly denies that which many did not do well .(:note ) not to eat the Lord 's supper . * For in eating every one taketh (note :)Eats his food and does not wait until others come .(:note ) before [other ] his own supper : and one is hungry , and another is drunken . * * * And when he had given thanks , he brake [it ], and said , Take , eat : this is my body , which is (note :)This word «broken » denotes to us the manner of Christ 's death , for although his legs were not broken , as the thieves legs were , yet his body was very severely tormented , and torn , and bruised .(:note ) broken for you : this do in remembrance of me . * After the same maner also he tooke the cup , when he had supped , saying , This cup is the Newe Testament in my blood : this doe as oft as ye drinke it , in remembrance of me . * For as often as ye shall eate this bread , and drinke this cup , ye shewe the Lords death till hee come . * * * For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily , eateth and drinketh damnation to himself , not (note :)He is said to discern the Lord 's body that has consideration of the worthiness of it , and therefore comes to eat of this food with great reverence .(:note ) discerning the Lord 's body . * * For if we would (note :)Try and examine ourselves , by faith and repentance , separating ourselves from the wicked .(:note ) judge ourselves , we should not be judged . * But when we are iudged , we are chastened of the Lord , because we should not be condemned with the world . * *

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