1 Corinthians 14:35

And if they want to learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in church.

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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

34Women should be silent in the churches. For it is not permitted for them to speak; but instead, they should be subordinate, as the law also says.

36So now, did the Word of God proceed from you? Or was it sent to you alone?

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:14Does not even nature herself teach you that, indeed, if a man grows his hair long, it is a disgrace for him?

Ephesians 5:12For the things that are done by them in secret are shameful, even to mention.

1 Peter 3:7Similarly, you husbands should live with them in accord with knowledge, bestowing honor on the female as the weaker vessel and as co-heirs of the life of grace, so that your prayers may not 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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