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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 14:33-40

Concluding views. If edification was to be the rule of conduct in everything, it is plain that the prophets must govern themselves. No matter how sincere and truthful their zeal, or how honest and excellent their purpose, feelings, and even the best feelings, must be held under firm restraint. They had this power, and it was from God; for he is "not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all Churches of the saints." St. Paul directs further that "women keep silence in the Churches."... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 14:34

Let your women keep silence in the Churches. St. Paul evidently meant this to be a general rule, and one which ought to be normally observed; for he repeats it in 1 Timothy 2:11 , 1 Timothy 2:12 . At the same time, it is fair to interpret it as a rule made with special reference to time and circumstances, and obviously admitting of exceptions in both dispensations ( 4:4 ; 2 Kings 22:14 ; Nehemiah 6:14 ; Luke 2:36 ; Acts 2:17 ; Acts 21:9 ), as is perhaps tacitly implied in 1... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 14:34-35

Women in the Church. I. WOMEN HAVE A PLACE IN THE CHURCH . Christianity exalts woman. It found her degraded; it ennobles her. In Christ there is neither male nor female ( Galatians 3:28 ). II. WOMEN HAVE MANY MINISTRIES CONNECTED WITH THE CHURCH . If excluded from some positions, how many are still open to woman! In not a few of these she is unrivalled by the other sex. If woman may not do some work, man cannot do other. Christianity has opened to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 14:34-35

Woman's place in Christian worship. Three points may be taken for due explanation and enforcement. I. The Eastern, Jewish, and pagan sentiments concerning the public position and relations of woman. II. The practical difficulties which arose when women were converted to Christianity, and became conscious of personal religious life, and the endowment of spiritual gifts. III. The ways in which St. Paul's teachings on this subject require to be modified in adaptation to Western... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 14:35

Let them ask their husbands. Here again St. Paul is dealing with general rules. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 14:34

Let your women keep silence ... - This rule is positive, explicit, and universal. There is no ambiguity in the expressions; and there can be no difference of opinion, one would suppose, in regard to their meaning. The sense evidently is, that in all those things which he had specified, the women were to keep silence; they were to take no part. He had discoursed of speaking foreign languages, and of prophecy; and the evident sense is, that in regard to all these they were to keep silence, or... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 14:35

And if they will learn anything - If anything has been spoken which they do not understand; or if on any particular subject they desire more full information, let them inquire of their husbands in their own dwelling. They may there converse freely; and their inquiries will not be attended with the irregularity and disorder which would occur should they interrupt the order and solemnity of public worship.For it is a shame - It is disreputable and shameful; it is a breach of propriety. Their... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 14:34-35

1 Corinthians 14:34-35. Let your women, &c. The last clause of the preceding verse is by some critics, and among the rest Bishop Pearce, joined with this, so as to make this sense; as in all the churches of the saints, let your women keep silence in the churches, namely, of Achaia. According to this reading, by the churches of the saints, are meant the churches of Judea, in which the public worship and discipline was most perfect, because they had been planted and regulated by the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 14:26-40

Order and upbuilding (14:26-40)At the meetings of the Corinthian church, the Christians came prepared to take part in the service in a variety of ways. The guiding rule was that everything was to be spiritually helpful (26). But confusion arose because several spoke in different tongues at the same time, often with no interpreter. Paul says that if no interpreter is present, they must keep quiet. Even if an interpreter is present, they must speak in turn, and then no more than two or three... read more

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