1 Corinthians 14:34
Let married women be silent in the Churches, for they are not permitted to speak. They must be content with a subordinate place, as the Law also says;
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
33For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace, as He is in all the Churches of His people.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 11:3I would have you know, however, that of every man, Christ is the Head, that of a woman her husband is the Head, and that God is Christ's Head.
1 Corinthians 11:7For a man ought not to have a veil on his head, since he is the image and glory of God; while woman is the glory of man.
1 Corinthians 14:35and if they wish to ask questions, they should ask their own husbands at home. For it is disgraceful for a married woman to speak at a Church assembly.
Ephesians 5:33Yet I insist that among you also, each man is to love his own wife as much as he loves himself, and let a married woman see to it that she treats her husband with respect.
1 Timothy 2:11A woman should quietly learn from others with entire submissiveness.
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 →