34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. Ver. 34. Let your women, &c. ] See Trapp on " Rom 16:1 " read more
35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. Ver. 35. Ask their husbands ] Who therefore must dwell with them according to knowledge, 1 Peter 3:7 , and be manly guides unto them in the way to heaven. The master’s breast must be the household’s treasury. For it is a shame for women, &c. ] She was a singular example that taught the Greek and Latin tongues at Heidelberg, A.D. 1554; her name was Olympia Fulvia... read more
women: 1 Corinthians 11:5, 1 Timothy 2:11, 1 Timothy 2:12 they are: 1 Corinthians 14:35, 1 Corinthians 11:3, 1 Corinthians 11:7-2 Samuel :, Ephesians 5:22-Jeremiah :, Ephesians 5:33, Colossians 3:18, Titus 2:5, 1 Peter 3:1-Joshua : as: 1 Corinthians 14:21, Genesis 3:16, Numbers 30:3-1 Chronicles :, Esther 1:17-Proverbs : Reciprocal: Exodus 15:20 - prophetess Numbers 30:8 - General 1 Corinthians 9:8 - or 1 Corinthians 11:16 - the churches read more
let: Ephesians 5:25-Daniel :, 1 Peter 3:7 a shame: 1 Corinthians 14:34, 1 Corinthians 11:6, 1 Corinthians 11:14, Ephesians 5:12 Reciprocal: 1 Corinthians 14:31 - all may learn 1 Timothy 2:11 - General read more
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.Let your women be silent in the churches — Unless they are under an extraordinary impulse of the Spirit. For, in other cases, it is not permitted them to speak - By way of teaching in public assemblies.But to be in subjection — To the man whose proper office it is to lead and to instruct the congregation. Genesis 3:16. read more
And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.And even if they desire to learn anything - Still they are not to speak in public, but to ask their own husbands at home - That is the place, and those the persons to inquire of. read more
34. Your women If we suppose the mind’s eye of the apostle to be “isolated” upon such a set of women as Chrysostom, Dr. Anderson, and Thomson describe, we should utter a hearty amen to his keep silence! That he does not expressly except cases like Phoebe, whom he commended to a whole Church, or the daughters of Philip, is explicable on the ground that such a class have already been provided for in chapter 11. The New Testament contains no case of public preaching more unequivocal, and... read more
d. This Church order must not be disturbed by the garrulity of their women, 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 . “Paul,” says Calvin, (note 1 Corinthians 11:5,) “attends to one thing at a time.” Truly said; for as in 1 Corinthians 11:3-16 he regulated the praying and prophesying of the gifted women, so here he prohibits the garrulity of the ungifted commonalty of the sex. It was not given to Orientalism, but to our Teutonic races, to assign to woman her higher place. The Indian brahmin, the Jewish... read more
35. Ask their husbands With whom, according to the Jewish custom, all the education was. According to Schoettgen, women were allowed in the rabbinical schools; but only to hear, and never to speak, or ask a question. Shame Contrary to the existing views of propriety. Just as in 1 Corinthians 11:14, (where see note,) it is a shame for a man to wear long hair. When women are so cultured that it is not a shame, but a beauty, for a woman to speak, then the prohibition ceases because the... read more
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The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Corinthians 14:34-35
1 Corinthians 14:34-35Let your women keep silence in the churches.WomanI. Her sphere.1. Not in public, but at home.2. Not (except in extraordinary eases, 1 Corinthians 11:5) to teach, but to learn.3. Not to command, but obey.II. Her obligation to keep within it.1. Arises out of her natural position.2. Is confirmed by the command of God.3. Should be dictated by modesty. (J. Lyth, D. D.)Women in the ChurchI. Women have a place in the church. Christianity found woman degraded: it exalts her. In... read more