1 Corinthians 14:35

And if they want to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a women to speak in church."

Montgomery New Testament

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

34"In your congregation" you write, "as in all the churches of the saints, let the women keep silence in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. On the contrary let them be subordinate, as also says the law.

36What, was it from you that the word of God went forth, or to you only did it come?

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:14Nor does nature itself teach you that it is a disgrace to a man to have long hair,

Ephesians 5:12For it is a shame even to speak of the things that are done by such men in secret;

1 Peter 3:7In the same way you husbands live with your wives, according to knowledge, honoring your wife as of the weaker sex, yet as an heir with yourself of the grace of life; 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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