1 Corinthians 10:23-11:16

New American Standard Bible

^23 (A)All things are permitted, but not all things are of benefit. All things are permitted, but not all things ^[a](B)build people up. ²⁴ No one is to ^(C)seek his own advantage, but rather that of his ^[b]neighbor. ^25 (D)Eat anything that is sold in the meat market without asking questions, for the sake of conscience; ^26 (E)for the earth is the Lord’s, and ^[c]all it contains. ²⁷ If ^(F)one of the unbelievers invites you and you want to go, ^(G)eat anything that is set before you without asking questions, for the sake of conscience. ²⁸ But ^(H)if anyone says to you, “This is meat sacrificed to idols,” do not eat it, for the sake of that one who informed you and for the sake of conscience; ²⁹ Now by “conscience” I do not mean your own, but the other person’s; for ^(I)why is my freedom judged by another’s conscience? ³⁰ If I partake with thankfulness, ^(J)why am I slandered about that for which I ^(K)give thanks?

³¹ Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or ^(L)whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God. ^32 (M)Do not offend Jews or Greeks, or ^(N)the church of God; ³³ just as I also ^(O)please everyone in all things, ^(P)not seeking my own benefit but the benefit of the many, ^(Q)so that they may be saved.

Christian Order

11 ^(R)Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.

² Now ^(S)I praise you because you ^(T)remember me in everything and ^(U)hold firmly to the traditions, just as I handed them down to you. ³ But I want you to understand that Christ is the ^(V)head of every man, and ^[d](W)the man is the head of a woman, and God is the ^(X)head of Christ. ⁴ Every man who has something on his head while praying or ^(Y)prophesying disgraces his head. ⁵ But every ^(Z)woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for it is one and the same as the woman ^[e]whose head is ^(AA)shaved. ⁶ For if a woman does not cover ^[f]her head, have her also ^[g]cut her hair off; however, if it is disgraceful for a woman to ^[h]have her hair cut off or ^[i]her head shaved, have her cover ^[j]her head. ⁷ For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the ^(AB)image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. ⁸ For ^(AC)man ^[k]does not originate from woman, but woman from man; ⁹ for indeed man was not created for the woman’s sake, but ^(AD)woman for the man’s sake. ¹⁰ Therefore the woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. ¹¹ However, in the Lord, neither is woman ^[l]independent of man, nor is man ^[m]independent of woman. ¹² For as the woman originated from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and ^(AE)all things originate ^(AF)from God. ^13 (AG)Judge ^[n]for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? ¹⁴ Does even nature itself not teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him, ¹⁵ but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her as a covering. ¹⁶ But if anyone is inclined to be contentious, ^(AH)we have no ^[o]such practice, nor have ^(AI)the churches of God.