1 Corinthians 14:34

let the women be silent in the churches: for it is not permitted to them to talk; but let them be subordinate, as the law also says.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 he is not a God of confusion, but of peace. So in all the churches of the saints,

35But if they wish to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at home: for it is disgraceful for a woman to talk in church.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:3But I wish you to know, that Christ is the head of every man; and the man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of Christ.

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

1 Corinthians 14:35But if they wish to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at home: for it is disgraceful for a woman to talk in church.

Ephesians 5:33Moreover you also each one thus love his own wife with divine love as himself; and that the wife also reverence the husband.

1 Timothy 2:11Let a woman learn in silence in all submission;

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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