1 Corinthians 14:35

And if they wish to be informed on any subject, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is unbecoming for women to speak in the church.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 be silent in the church: for it is not permitted them to speak, but to be in subjection, as also the law saith.

36What! was it from you that the word of God came forth? Or did it reach only to you?

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:14Doth not nature teach you, that in a man, if his hair groweth long, it is a reproach to him?

Ephesians 5:12For the things they do in secret, it is nauseous even to mention.

1 Peter 3:7And ye husbands, likewise, dwell with your wives according to knowledge, and hold them in honor, as the feebler vessels; because they also will inherit with you the gift of eternal life: and let not your prayers 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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