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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. |
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Bible Note: Nothing against you, but, it's sad that we live in a day and age when such a question would be asked. I, as well as many believers (and as far as I can tell, most all believers up until less than a century ago)get that this is church policy from I Cor. 14:34--"Let your women keep silence IN THE CHURCHES (this makes it church policy--now listen to the next part and see if it sounds like just a customary thing) for it is NOT PERMITTED unto them to speak; buy they are COMMANDED to be under obedience as ALSO saith the law." Paul is not speaking here to Pharisees, he is speaking to one of the Lord's churches. If we believe that we can disregard this as "custom", we have opened up a can of worms that ends in Catholicism. Catholics openly believe that they have the authority to override the Bible and many protestants have learned that from her. I Tim. 2:11-13 says, "Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, ten Eve." You see, it wasn't a custom thing. It's a creation thing. Paul here was writing to Timothy--a pastor--instructing him on this same issue. There is no room in Scripture left open for change on this issue. The only way we can change it, is it wrongly label it as merely custom. If we do this with this issue, where will we stop? God bless. |