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The Principle of Subjection
Commentators agree that Paul's command for women to be silent is tied to the principle of subjection, which he grounds in 'the law' (widely seen as a reference to Genesis 3:16). The reasoning provided is that public teaching is an act of authority and leadership, which was considered inconsistent with the role of submission in the church's public assembly.
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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 14:34
18th Century
Theologian
Let your women keep silence, etc. (1 Corinthians 14:34). This rule is positive: explicit and universal. There is no ambiguity …
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 14:34
Keep silence in the churches (εν ταις εκκλησιαις σιγατωσαν). The same verb used about the disorders caused by speakers in tongues …
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 14:34
19th Century
Bishop
But they are commanded to be under obedience.—Better (as in some of the best manuscripts), but let them be under obedience.
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On 1 Corinthians 14:29–36
(29–33a) As for regulating prophesying in church, only a limited number—not over three—should speak, lest so much be said as to cause confusion. Th…
John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 14:34
16th Century
Theologian
It appears that the Church of the Corinthians was also infected with this fault: the talkativeness of women was allowed a place in the sacred assem…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 14:34
17th Century
Pastor
Let your women keep silence in the churches
This is a restriction of, and an exception to one of the above rules, th…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Corinthians 14:34–40
17th Century
Minister
When the apostle exhorts Christian women to seek information on religious subjects from their husbands at home, it shows that believing families sh…