1 Corinthians 14:36
34 Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.
35 If they wish to inquire about something, they are to ask their own husbands at home; for it is dishonorable for a woman to speak in the church.
Did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only ones it has reached?
37 If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, let him acknowledge that what I am writing you is the Lord’s command.
38 But if anyone ignores this, he himself will be ignored.
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
- Did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only ones it has reached?
- KJV
- What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?
- WEB
- What!? Was it from you that the word of God went out? Or did it come to you alone?
- ASV
- What? was it from you that the word of God went forth? or came it unto you alone?
- DARBY
- Did the word of God go out from you, or did it come to you only?
- BLB
- Or did the word of God go out from you⁺? Or did it come to you⁺ only?
- ÅB
- Eller var det fra dere Guds ord gikk ut? eller er dere de eneste det er nådd til?
- OTB
- Var det fra dere at Guds ord kom? Eller er dere de eneste det har nådd?
- B1930
- Eller var det fra eder Guds ord gikk ut? eller er I de eneste det er nådd til?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Zechariah 14:8
And on that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the Eastern Sea and the other half toward the Western Sea, in summer and winter alike.
Read in contextActs 18:1–17
After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 1:8
For not only did the message of the Lord ring out from you to Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone out to every place, so that we have no need to say anything more.
Read in contextIsaiah 2:3
And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Read in contextActs 17:1
When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
Read in context1 Corinthians 4:7
For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?
Read in context2 Corinthians 10:13–16
We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.
Read in contextActs 13:1–3
Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.
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