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NASB | 1 Corinthians 14:34 ¶ The women are to keep silent in the churches; for they are not permitted to speak, but are to subject themselves, just as the Law also says. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 14:34 ¶ the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not authorized to speak, but are to take a subordinate place, as the Law says. |
Bible Question: Their is a pastor claiming to be a Christian Baptist. But he claims women are not to speak in the churces. He says when Jezebel a women spoke it was a disaster and that is why women should not speak and in the Bible it says women should keep quit. I want to know why??? |
Bible Answer: There is not a thing wrong with women speaking in the church, just as women have the undeniable right to even lead a congregation. There is nothing at all in the bible that would argue against a womans right to speak in the church. Any reference one makes to biblical edicts or commands against this is made by one who does not understand exactly what has happened. It is true that in a traditional sense women are not allowed to speak as well many other customs are then equally as relevant--the pastor who stated women are not to speak in churches would do well then to observe every last of the awkward and demanding customs, commands and laws presented to Isreal in the time of moses and etal, for in doing so is the only possible way he can claim to retain any viable pretext of correctness in his insane statement, for again is he calling for us to adhere to only one of a myriad of laws and customs without even adressing the fact that we should then also be observing passover and burning moldy clothes and not eating animals that have claws and on and on and on and on. I would go even further and state that his line of reasoning and any possible justifiable excuse for his subsequent comments would be found in that he still subscribes to the notion that by the observence and strict adherence (which has been proven impossible and futile to even try) to these archiac and fundamentally superfluous laws and traditions one can then grasp salvation and come to please God. This is dangerous water the pastor is seeking to tread, and like peter he will sink, unlike peter he will find christ is not there to pull him out, for by invoking these laws and traditions he is asking christ to kindly leave him to his own devices. I thank you for your time. |