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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: What are the writers speaking about when they tell the women to be silent in churches? It's a known fact that women were the first to proclaim the gospel. |
Bible Answer: Greetings JKeel, In the Corinthian culture, women were not allowed to confront men in public. Apparently some of the women who had become Christians thought that their Christian freedom gave them the right to question the men in public worship. This was causing division in the church. These verses are not meant to say that women should not allowed to participate in church, which some people try to say today. In chapters 12-14 it clearly states that women have spiritual gifts, and they are encouraged to use them in the body of Christ. prayon |