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NASB | 1 Corinthians 11:5 But every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 11:5 And every woman who prays or prophesies when she has her head uncovered disgraces her head; for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved [in disgrace]. |
Bible Question: I need help understanding what the Bible says about women praying or prophesising publicly in the church. |
Bible Answer: You ask: "Can women pray or speak in church? ... I need help understanding what the Bible says about women praying or prophesising publicly in the church. " 1 Cor 11:5 "*praying or prophesying*. In the light of what Paul says in 1 Cor 14:34-35, it is doubtful that Paul approved of those activities by the women at Corinth. He simply acknowledges that these were unauthorized practices" (p. 1741, Ryrie Study Bible, Moody, 1976, 1978). . . .Someone will say, "But women did prophesy and pray in the NT." To which I would reply: People do many things in the Bible, but the bare fact that such things were done is understood to mean that not all such things were either authorized or proper. For example, the Bible says that Solomon had many wives. Yes, he did, but that does not authorize polygamy, does it? . . . A related topic: 1 Tim 2:12. "*I do not allow a woman to teach.* Women are not to assume the office of teacher in the church (see 1 Cor 14:34). Women may teach as long as they do not usurp the place of leadership and authority of men in the church. The injuction is based on the relationship of man and woman in the original creation (Gen. 2:18; 3:6)" (p. 1817, Ryrie Study Bible, Moody, 1976,1978). . . . "The injuction is based on the relationship of man and woman in the original creation (Gen. 2:18; 3:6)." Therefore, the injunction here is totally unrelated to local, cultural issues. |
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