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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:
In the following scipture can anybody shed a little more light on this subject, also please use scripture to back your answer. Thanks! 1 Corinthians 14:33-35 As in all the congregations of the saints, 34women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says. 35If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church. |
Bible Answer: The question has been asked, and answered too, no doubt. But this writer is attracted by the call for light (as in Psalm 119:18,105,130) and by the clarion call for scripture (as in Romans 4:3 and Galatians 4:30). The one who sheds light on Scripture is the Holy Spirit (Isaiah 48; John 14,16). He is the one who illuminates us (Hebrews 6, 10) and it (1 Corinthians 2). Moreover, the Holy Spirit uses scripture to shed light on Scripture. In connection with 1 Corinthians 14:34, 35, then, you might consider the following: The head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. The man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. (1 Corinthians 11). Wives must submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. The husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so wives are to be to their own husbands in every thing. And let every wife see that she reverence her husband. (Ephesians 5). Wives are to submit themselves unto their own husbands, as that is fit in the Lord (Colossians 3). The aged women are to teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to be obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed (Titus 2) Wives are to be in subjection to their own husbands. In the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, were in subjection unto their own husbands: even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And the modern Christian women are Sara‘s daughters, as long as they do well, and are not afraid (1 Peter 3). That is the way it has always been. The husband shall rule over the wife (Genesis 3). Now, before this day is through, there will be some who will attack these scriptures or add to them. They may assert the primacy of culture and the need for change. They will try to justify the present state of affairs in the church. But since you have asked for scripture, this post contains some, above. Some have difficulty understanding why it is a shame for the women to take the lead (1 Corinthians 14, 1 Timothy 2). The Spirit has commented on the shame, the disgrace, that comes when the word of God is blasphemed (Titus 2) and when God‘s natural order is contravened (1 Corinthians 11). It comes when a man wears long hair, and a woman wears short hair or a shaved head (1 Corinthians 11). It comes when a man abnegates his position of leadership, and a woman takes it (1 Timothy 2). It comes when a man looks at another man as a potential sex partner and when a woman looks at another of her own sex in that way (Romans 1). These things are not so to be, as it was not God’s intention when he made us (Genesis 1). Likewise, it was God’s intention that some, chosen and gifted by the Spirit, of the male gender, lead and teach the church (1 Timothy 3, Titus 2). It is a shame when those who should be protected and taught and provided for are then found in the lead (Judges 4). |