1 Corinthians 14:35
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.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
In Context
36What? came the word (o. logos) of God out from you? or came it unto you only?
Cross References
1 Corinthians 11:14Does not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
Ephesians 5:12For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
1 Peter 3:7Likewise, all of you husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not 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 →