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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: Can women be preachers? 1Cor.11:4,5 |
Bible Note: Hi Nolan, 1Corinthians is telling women not to: 2980 "laleo", preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter. 2980("laleo") means an extended or random harangue. It really doesn't seem to be telling them not to preach so much as not to give "tongue lashings", especially towards their husbands or men in general I think. Please note that what Paul considers shameful is that women were using the church as a place to "rebuke others", when they preached. So it seems women were preaching, they were just not doing it properly. And since there were many "house" churches in Corinth quite probably, Paul is saying that the women who are behaving shamefully in those churches, should "be silent"... and learn something from their own husbands. I think he's probably telling them to learn something about submission from their husbands. But that's my guess. God bless. |