But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man. St. Paul writes here, within a very few years at all events of his having received it, an account of what had been directly communicated by the Lord. The renewal of the institution of the Lord's Supper by special revelation to Paul enhances its solemnity. shall I praise you in this? What shall I say to you? For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. (a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of. Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning. 21For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. Many regard it as the oldest written account of the event. Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ. For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: 1 Corinthians 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; Deuteronomy 4:5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. 18First of all, I hear that when you meet as a church there are divisions among you, and to a degree I believe it;i And in order to make way for what he had on his mind to reprove them for, and admonish them about, he observes, that as God is the head of Christ, and Christ the head of every man, so the man is the head of the woman, 1Co 11:3 wherefore for him to appear, and join in public worship, with his head covered, is to dishonour his head, 1Co 11:4 as, on the other hand, for a woman to have her head uncovered in divine service, is to dishonour her head, it being all one as if her head was shaved, 1Co 11:5 wherefore it is concluded, that if it is a shame for her to be shaved or shorn, she ought to be covered when attending the worship of God, 1Co 11:6. He begins with an exhortation suitable to what he had said in the latter part of the preceding chapter, to follow him, as he followed Christ, 1Co 11:1 and praises them for their remembrance of him, and for the keeping the ordinances as they were delivered to them; that is, as many of them, and as far as they did so, 1Co 11:2. There now follows an account of the institution of the Lords Supper, which, as compared with the accounts given in the Gospel narratives (see Matthew 26:26-29; Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:19-20), possesses some noteworthy features. 23For 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: 24 And 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. 20When you meet in one place, then, it is not to eat the Lords supper, 28A person should examine himself,* and so eat the bread and drink the cup. There can be no mistake as to their all being truthful and (as the minor discrepancies prove) honestly independent records of an actual historical scene. Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural. 1 Corinthians 11:23 New International Version 23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, Read full chapter 1 Corinthians 11:23 in all English translations 1 Corinthians 10 1 Corinthians 12 New International Version (NIV) 2 I appreciate and commend you because you always remember me in everything and keep firm possession of the traditions (the substance of my instructions), just as I have [verbally] passed them on to you. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.l He had told them all this before, and therefore they were sinning against knowledge when they degraded a feast which they knew to be so solemn to a purpose so unworthy. that which also I delivered unto you; for whatever he received from Christ, whether a doctrine or an ordinance, he faithfully delivered to the churches, from whom he kept back nothing that was profitable, but declared the whole counsel of God unto them: now this he refers the Corinthians to, as a sure rule to go by, and from which they should never swerve; and whatever stands on divine record as received from Christ, and delivered by his apostles, should be the rule of our faith and practice, and such only; that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed; or delivered; as he was by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God the Father, and as he was by himself, who voluntarily gave himself up into the hands of men, justice and death, for our offences; and so the Arabic version reads it here, "in the night in which he delivered up himself"; as he did in the garden to Judas and his company: it was in the night when he came in search of him with officers, and a band of soldiers, and when he betrayed him and delivered him into their hands; and that same night, a little before, our Lord instituted and celebrated the ordinance of the supper with his disciples. It is not my own invention, but the Lord's institution. 23 For I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself. took bread. 16But if anyone is inclined to be argumentative, we do not have such a custom, nor do the churches of God. Believers should humbly acknowledge the gift of grace given to them through Jesus' shed blood and broken body before observing the Lord's Supper. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. How Christ thus communicated these truths to His new Apostle we are not told. The reason why a man should be uncovered at such a time is, because he is the image and glory of God; and the reason why the woman should be covered is, because she is the glory of the man, is made for his glory, and to be in subjection to him, of which the covering is a token, 1Co 11:7 and that she is so, is argued from the order of the creation, man being not of the woman, but the woman of the man, 1Co 11:8 and from the end of the creation, man being not for the woman, but the woman for the man, 1Co 11:9. The same night in which he was betrayed.These words imply that the history of the Betrayal was familiar, and they also solemnly and touchingly remind the Corinthians of the strange contrast between the events of that night and the scenes in which they indulge now on the same night that they partake of that supper. 23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night 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, after supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do t. * [11:19] Thatthose who are approved among you may become known: Paul situates their divisions within the context of the eschatological separation of the authentic from the inauthentic and the final revelation of the difference. And when I come I will give further directions. He begins with an exhortation suitable to what he had said in the latter part of the preceding chapter, to follow him, as he followed Christ, 1Co 11:1 and praises them for their remembrance of him, and for the keeping the ordinances as they were delivered to them; that is, as many of them, and as far as they did so, 1Co 11:2. Do this in remembrance of me." 25 In the same way he took the cup also, after supper, saying, "This cup is the . Proud member Associate with oneself; by analogy, to assume an office; figuratively, to learn. Those who knowor should knowthey are blatantly in contrast to that mindset should not partake. Strictly, from or of, with the Lord, would imply the more remote source, from the Lord, through the apostles; but Paul does not always observe the distinction between this and , from the preposition of the nearer source (see Greek, Colossians 1:7; Colossians 3:24); and this latter preposition compounded with the verb received, the emphatic I, and the mention of the fact itself, are decisive of the sense of an immediate communication from Christ to Paul. The ordinances of Christ, if they do not make us better, will be apt to make us worse. Upon coming together, they fell into divisions, schisms. So then, when you come together, it is not the Lords Supper you eat. Pauls stated goal is to bring them back into conformity with contemporary practice and propriety. 20When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. "The institution to which I refer is what I myself received an account of "from personal and direct communication with the Lord Jesus himself, who appointed it." How Can We Model the Love of Jesus by Showing Compassion? Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular, Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular. 1Cor 8:12). Do this in remembrance of me.". An Abuse at Corinth. 1 Corinthians 11:23 King James Version 23 For 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: Read full chapter 1 Corinthians 11:23 in all English translations 1 Corinthians 10 1 Corinthians 12 King James Version (KJV) Public Domain Bible Gateway Recommends The suggestion that St. Luke copied his account of the Last Supper from this Epistle is a mere speculation, and in the highest degree improbable. The whole structure of the passage seems to imply that what follows had been received by St. Paul directly from Christ, and that he is not appealing to a well-known tradition, in which case he would scarcely have used the singular, I received, nor to something which he had learnt from the other Apostles, in which case he would not have said I emphatically (the word being emphasised by expression in the Greek), nor from the Lord, for the other Apostles had not received their knowledge of these facts from the Lord, but from their own observation and hearing. The Evangelists (St. Matthew and St. Mark) wrote their accounts many years after the occurrence, and recorded what they remembered to have observed and heard. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good. 1 Corinthians 11. Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. 2 I praise you for remembering me in everything and for holding to the traditions just as I passed them on to you. l. [11:25] Ex 24:8; 2Cor 3:6; Heb 8:613. When Christ died His Apostles gave up all as lost, and went back sorrowfully to their old work as fishermen; Christendom was not an afterthought of the Apostles, but the forethought of the Lord. That which also I delivered unto you.--The Apostle was not now for the first time communicating these solemn facts to the Corinthians. From para and didomi; to surrender, i.e yield up, intrust, transmit. It is for this reason that a woman ought to have authority over her own. 4* Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered brings shame upon his head. (2) St. Luke omits the words "this do ye as oft as ye drink it," after the giving of the cup; but he implies them by stating that the cup was given "in like manner" to the bread, in connection with which he records these words. Another reason why the woman should be covered at the time of public worship is, because of the angels then present, 1Co 11:10 but lest on this account the woman should be treated with contempt by the man, the apostle observes, that they are not, and cannot be without one another; and that they are from each other in different senses, and both from the Lord, 1Co 11:11,12, and then proceeds to other arguments, showing that women should not appear uncovered in the house of God: one is taken from the uncomeliness of it, which must be so judged by everyone, 1Co 11:13 and another is taken from nature and custom, and the contrary in men, which is disagreeable and shameful; for, if, the dictates of nature, it is shameful in men to wear long hair, it must be comely and decent in women, and what is for their glory, to wear such hair, since it is their covering, 1Co 11:14,15. 8For man did not come from woman, but woman from man;e Learn More About New International Version. Help My Unbelief!" the mention of praise in 1Cor 11:17 and of tradition in 1Cor 11:23). 1 I want you to pattern your lives after me, just as I pattern mine after Christ. 29For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment* on himself. Paul recalls that tradition for them and reminds them of its implications. Salem Media Group. . In this chapter the apostle blames both men and women for their indecent appearance in public worship, and admonishes them how they should behave with the reasons of it; and also corrects some abuses and irregularities among them, at, or before, the Lord's supper; which leads him to give a particular account of that ordinance, of the nature, use, and design of it, and some directions about the performance of it, and attendance on it. But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under such judgment. I praise you for remembering me in everything and for holding to the traditions just as I passed them on to you. Encouraging and challenging you to seek intimacy with God every day. While at Corinth he had told the church the solemn history of the institution of the supper, an account that he had received directly by inspiration from the Lord. * [11:3-16] Women have been participating in worship at Corinth without the head-covering normal in Greek society of the period. The Holy Bible, New International Version NIV, Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.. 7* A man, on the other hand, should not cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man.d And if this be trueif Jesus, the night before an ignominious death, instituted this strange and solemn rite, which has been handed down century after century in unbroken continuitycan that foresight as to the future of His Church be assigned to one who was less than what Christendom claims her Lord to be? But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. But if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should wear a veil. The similarity between Luke's and Paul's account of the institution, favors the supposition that the former drew his information from the apostle, whose companion in travel he was. 23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night 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." 5But any woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled brings shame upon her head, for it is one and the same thing as if she had had her head shaved. 4 Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered . All rights reserved. (1) A call to follow the example of Paul. . If a woman has no covering, let her be for now with short hair; but since it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair shorn or shaved, she should grow it again. (1 Corinthians 15). Matthew 26:2,17,34 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified, Matthew 26:26-28 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body, Mark 14:22-24 And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, Luke 22:19,20 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lords death until he comes. or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? * [11:214:40] This section of the letter is devoted to regulation of conduct at the liturgy. 27Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord. Proud member For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the. Took bread - Evidently the bread which was used at the celebration of the paschal supper. For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread. A primary word; 'night'. When Christ died His Apostles gave up all as lost, and went back sorrowfully to their old work as fishermen; Christendom was not an afterthought of the Apostles, but the forethought of the Lord. Save verses, read offline, watch teaching clips, and more! I is emphatic, giving the weight of personal authority to the statement. King James Version (KJV). The narrative emphasizes Jesus action of self-giving (expressed in the words over the bread and the cup) and his double command to repeat his own action. By using our website, you accept our use of cookies as described in our Privacy Policy. * [11:28] Examine himself: the Greek word is similar to that for approved in 1Cor 11:19, which means having been tested and found true. The self-testing required for proper eating involves discerning the body (1Cor 11:29), which, from the context, must mean understanding the sense of Jesus death (1Cor 11:26), perceiving the imperative to unity that follows from the fact that Jesus gives himself to all and requires us to repeat his sacrifice in the same spirit (1Cor 11:1825). 23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night 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, after supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance . In the Lord: in the Christian economy the relation between the sexes is characterized by a mutual dependence, which is not further specified. For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread. Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular. He took the bread which happened to be before him - such as was commonly used. 26For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes. For the Lord Jhesu, in what niyt he was bitraied,- Wycliffe BibleFor I -- I received from the Lord that which also I did deliver to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was delivered up, took bread,- Youngs Literal Bible. * [11:79] The hierarchy of v. 3 is now expressed in other metaphors: the image (eikn) and the reflected glory (doxa). 28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 1 Corinthians 11:23 in all English translations, NIV, Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible, Red Letter Edition: Bringing to Life the Ancient World of Scripture, NIV, Verse Mapping Bible, Comfort Print: Find Connections in Scripture Using a Unique 5-Step Process, NIV, Biblical Theology Study Bible, Comfort Print: Follow Gods Redemptive Plan as It Unfolds throughout Scripture, NIV, Lucado Encouraging Word Bible, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV, Thinline Bible/Journal Pack, Large Print, Leathersoft, Turquoise, Comfort Print. 23For 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: 24And 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. of 11 Nevertheless neither is the a man without the woman, neither the b woman without the man, in the Lord. NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. 1 Corinthians 11:23 1 Corinthians1Co11:221 Corinthians1Co111 Corinthians1Co11:24 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; New American Standard Version The model is similar to that developed later in greater detail and nuance in Eph 5:2133. The reason why a man should be uncovered at such a time is, because he is the image and glory of God; and the reason why the woman should be covered is, because she is the glory of the man, is made for his glory, and to be in subjection to him, of which the covering is a token, 1Co 11:7 and that she is so, is argued from the order of the creation, man being not of the woman, but the woman of the man, 1Co 11:8 and from the end of the creation, man being not for the woman, but the woman for the man, 1Co 11:9. Encouraging and challenging you to seek intimacy with God every day. For 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: and 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. For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. Or do you show contempt for the church of God and make those who have nothing feel ashamed? I, the first-person pronoun. But when other Jews refused the message Paul withdraw from them and spoke to Greeks also. From airo; bread or a loaf. But Gn 1:24 is interpreted here in the light of the second creation narrative in Gn 2, in which each of the sexes is created separately (first the man and then the woman from man and for him, to be his helpmate, Gn 2:2023), and under the influence of the story of the fall, as a result of which the husband rules over the woman (Gn 3:16). The method of communication (whether in a trance, or state of ecstasy, or any other supernatural manner) does not appear to cause either doubt or difficulty to those to whom the Apostle conveyed the information thus miraculously bestowed upon him. 26For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. What Does "I Believe! 23* For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you,k that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread, The statement in 1Cor 11:2 introduces all of these discussions, but applies more appropriately to the second (cf. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. Amen. Copyright 2019-2023 USCCB, please review our Privacy Policy. Save verses, read offline, watch teaching clips, and more! * I praise you not. Teach Us about Faith? If that Evangelist had used this Epistle in writing his Gospel, is it likely that he would have been content with giving the somewhat scanty account of our Lords appearances after His resurrection, when he had at hand the much ampler record of the appearance to the 500 brethren and to James, which this Epistle contains?