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.

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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 keep silence in the churches; for it is not permitted to them to speak: but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

36What? came the word of God out from you? or came it to you only?

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:14Doth not even nature itself teach you, that if a man hath long hair, it is a shame to him?

Ephesians 5:12For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.

1 Peter 3:7Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honor to the wife, as to 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 →

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