# 1 Corinthians 11.1

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**Book:** [1 Corinthians](/codex/1-corinthians/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> **1. Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.**
>
> 2. Now I praise you that ye remember me in all things, and hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them to you. 3. But 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. (1 Corinthians 11:1-3, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> **1. Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.**
>
> 2. Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you. 3. But 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. (1 Corinthians 11:1-3, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> **1. Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.**
>
> 2. Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. <sup>ordinances: or, traditions</sup> 3. But 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. (1 Corinthians 11:1-3, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> **1. Followers of me become ye, as I also [am] of Christ.**
>
> 2. And I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and according as I did deliver to you, the deliverances ye keep, 3. and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God. (1 Corinthians 11:1-3, YLT)

## Setting

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- **Audience:** _TBD_
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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- [G5547 - christos](/codex/g5547-christos/), *christos*, Strong's G5547
- [G1096 - ginomai](/codex/g1096-ginomai/), *ginomai*, Strong's G1096

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## Quoted in

**Passages:**

- [1 Peter 5.3](/codex/1-peter-5-3/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.