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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. |
Subject: How to harmonize this passage |
Bible Note: Hi, Rowdy; Thanks for the reply. As I said, that's the usual response. But no, I wouldn't suggest that we not follow God's word. I would suggest we make every effort to understand what God's word - ALL of God's word - is telling us to do. If God's word teaches that we are one in Christ, that in Christ there is no male nor female, that we live under grace and not under the Law, then I want to be very careful about telling my sister in Christ that that those things don't apply to her as they do me because there's a fragment of the Law still in force that says I can talk and she can't: "They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says." (1 Corinthians 14:34) A statement and its negation can't both be true. Yet those who would silence women seem to have no trouble with the idea that with respect to believers, God ordains unity, equality, and freedom and God ordains division, inequality, and Law. I can't wrap my brain around that idea. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |