1 Corinthians 14:35

and if they wish to learn anything, at home their own husbands let them question, for it is a shame to women to speak in an assembly.

Young's Literal Translation

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

34Your women in the assemblies let them be silent, for it hath not been permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith;

36From you did the word of God come forth? or to you alone did it come?

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:14doth not even nature itself teach you, that if a man indeed have long hair, a dishonour it is to him?

Ephesians 5:12for the things in secret done by them it is a shame even to speak of,

1 Peter 3:7The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with [them], according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel — to the wife — imparting honour, as also 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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