1 Corinthians 14:35

and 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.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 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;

36Was it from you that God's Message first went forth, or is it to you only that it has come?

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:14Does not Nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair it is a dishonor to him,

Ephesians 5:12for the things which are done by these people in secret it is disgraceful even to speak of.

1 Peter 3:7Married men, in the same way, live with your wives with a clear recognition of the fact that they are weaker than you. Yet, since you are heirs with them of God's free gift of Life, treat them with honour; 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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