1 Corinthians 14:34

Let your women keep silence in the churches; for it is not permitted to them to speak, but they are to be in subjection, as the law also says.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

33For God is not a God of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

35And if they wish to learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home; for it is a shame for a woman to speak in the church.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:3And 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 11:7For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, being the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.

1 Corinthians 14:35And if they wish to learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home; for it is a shame for a woman to speak in the church.

Ephesians 5:33Nevertheless, do ye also, severally, each so love his wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she reverence 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 →

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