1 Corinthians 14:34
Let women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith.
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Numbers 30:3If any man make a vow to the Lord, or bind himself by an oath: he shall not make his word void but shall fulfil all that he promised.
1 Corinthians 11:3But 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 11:7The man indeed ought not to cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.
1 Corinthians 14:35But if they would learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is a shame for a woman to speak in the church.
Ephesians 5:33Nevertheless let every one of you in particular love his wife as himself: and let the wife fear her husband.
1 Timothy 2:11Let the woman learn in silence, with all subjection.
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 →