1 Corinthians 14:35

And if they will learne any thing, let them aske their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speake in the Church.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

34Let your women keepe silence in the Churches: for it is not permitted vnto them to speake: but they ought to be subiect, as also the Lawe sayth.

36Came the worde of God out from you? either came it vnto you onely?

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:14Doeth not nature it selfe teach you, that if a man haue long heare, it is a shame vnto him?

Ephesians 5:12For it is shame euen to speake of the things which are done of them in secret.

1 Peter 3:7Likewise ye husbands, dwel with them as men of knowledge, giuing honour vnto the woman, as vnto the weaker vessell, euen as they which are heires together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not interrupted.

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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