1 Corinthians 14:34
Let women keep quiet in the churches: for it is not right for them to be talking; but let them be under control, as it says in the law.
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Numbers 30:3\30:2\When a man takes an oath to the Lord, or gives an undertaking having the force of an oath, let him not go back from his word, but let him do whatever he has said he will do.
1 Corinthians 11:3But it is important for you to keep this fact in mind, 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 11:7For it is not right for a man to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
1 Corinthians 14:35And if they have a desire for knowledge about anything, let them put questions to their husbands privately: for talking in the church puts shame on a woman.
Ephesians 5:33But do you, everyone, have love for his wife, even as for himself; and let the wife see that she has respect for her husband.
1 Timothy 2:11Let a woman quietly take the place of a learner and be under authority.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 14:27-34
On Spiritual Gifts. ( a. d. 57.) 26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying. 27 If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret. 28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God. 29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let… Read the whole commentary →