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1 Corinthians 14:34-35 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 14 · verses 34–35
34Let 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. 35And 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.1 Corinthians 14:34-35 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 14:34-35 in context
32And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
33For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
34Let 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.
35And 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.
36What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?
37If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
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Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Timothy 2:11-12
- Genesis 3:16
- 1 Corinthians 14:35
- Numbers 30:3-13
- Colossians 3:18
- Titus 2:5
- 1 Corinthians 11:5
- Ephesians 5:22-24
Key words (Strong's)
- permittedepitrepōto turn to, transfer, commit, intrust, to permit, allow, give leaveG2010 →
- obediencehypotassōto arrange under, to subordinate, to subject, put in subjection, to subject one s self…G5293 →
- churchesekklēsiaa gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly…G1577 →
- husbandsanērwith reference to sex, of a male, of a husband, of a betrothed or future husband, with…G435 →
- silencesigaōto keep silence, hold one's peace, to be kept in silence, be concealedG4601 →
- womengynēa woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow, a wife, of a betrothed womanG1135 →
- speaklaleōto utter a voice or emit a sound, to speak, to use the tongue or the faculty of speech…G2980 →
- saithlegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
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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 home. They are to learn in silence with all subjection;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 34-35