1 Corinthians 14:34
32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
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.
36 What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Let the wives be quiet in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to be talking except in submission, as the law also says,
- ASV
- let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law.
- DARBY
- Let [your] women be silent in the assemblies, for it is not permitted to them to speak; but to be in subjection, as the law also says.
- BLB
- Let the women be silent in the churches. For it is not permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as the law also says.
- ÅB
- Slik som i alle de helliges menigheter, skal deres kvinner tie i menighets-samlingene; for det tillates dem ikke å tale, men de skal underordne seg, som også loven sier.
- OTB
- Skal kvinnene forbli stille i menighetene; for de har ikke lov til å tale, men skal være underordnet, som loven også sier.
- B1930
- Likesom i alle de helliges menigheter, skal eders kvinner tie i menighets-samlingene; for det tillates dem ikke å tale, men de skal underordne sig, som også loven sier.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Timothy 2:11–12
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
Read in contextGenesis 3:16
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Read in contextNumbers 30:3–13
If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father’s house in her youth;
Read in contextColossians 3:18
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
Read in context1 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.
Read in contextTitus 2:5
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Read in context1 Peter 3:1–6
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
Read in context1 Corinthians 11:5
But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
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