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.
34 Women
34 the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says.
34 Wives must not disrupt worship, talking when they should be listening,
34 Let your women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law also says.
34 Women should be silent during the church meetings. It is not proper for them to speak. They should be submissive, just as the law says.
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.
35 If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.
35 If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.
35 asking questions that could more appropriately be asked of their husbands at home. God's Book of the law guides our manners and customs here. Wives have no license to use the time of worship for unwarranted speaking.
35 And if they want to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for women to speak in church.
35 If they have any questions, they should ask their husbands at home, for it is improper for women to speak in church meetings.
(Read 1 Corinthians 14:34-40)
When the apostle exhorts Christian women to seek information on religious subjects from their husbands at home, it shows that believing families ought to assemble for promoting spiritual knowledge. The Spirit of Christ can never contradict itself; and if their revelations are against those of the apostle, they do not come from the same Spirit. The way to keep peace, truth, and order in the church, is to seek that which is good for it, to bear with that which is not hurtful to its welfare, and to keep up good behaviour, order, and decency.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Corinthians 14:34
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 14:34-40
(Read 1 Corinthians 14:34-40)
When the apostle exhorts Christian women to seek information on religious subjects from their husbands at home, it shows that believing families ought to assemble for promoting spiritual knowledge. The Spirit of Christ can never contradict itself; and if their revelations are against those of the apostle, they do not come from the same Spirit. The way to keep peace, truth, and order in the church, is to seek that which is good for it, to bear with that which is not hurtful to its welfare, and to keep up good behaviour, order, and decency.