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let your women keep silence in the assemblies, for it is not permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the Law also says.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let your women keep silence, etc. (1 Corinthians 14:34). This rule is positive: explicit and universal. There is no ambiguity …
Keep silence in the churches (εν ταις εκκλησιαις σιγατωσαν). The same verb used about the disorders caused by speakers in tongues …
19th Century
Anglican
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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16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let your women keep silence in the churches This is a restriction of, and an exception to one of the above rules, th…
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When the apostle exhorts Christian women to seek information on religious subjects from their husbands at home, it shows that believing families sh…
13th Century
Catholic
Here the Apostle mentions the people to whom the use of prophecy is forbidden. He does two things in this regard: first, he shows to whom the use o…
