1 Corinthians 14:35

And if they want to learn anything, let them question their own husbands at home, for it is an ugly thing for women to speak in an assembly.

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In The King James Version

And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.

In Context

34As in all the churches of the sanctified, let the women keep silent in the churches. For it is not permitted for them to speak, but to be subordinate, as the law also says.

36Or did the word of God come forth from you? Or did it come to you only?

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:14Or does not nature itself teach you that if a man actually wears long hair it is a disgrace to him?

Ephesians 5:12For it is disgusting even to speak of the things happening by them secretly.

1 Peter 3:7Likewise the husbands living together knowledgably, as with a weaker vessel, apportioning worth to the female as also joint-heirs of the grace of life, for your prayers not to be hindered.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 14:35-36

On Spiritual Gifts. ( a. d. 57.) 34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. 35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. Here the apostle, 1. Enjoins silence on their women in public assemblies, and to such a degree that they must not ask questions for their own information in the church, but ask their husbands at… Read the whole commentary →

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