- Bible
- 1 Corinthians
- Chapter 14
- Verse 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.
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Commentary
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Gill's Exposition
If any man think himself to be a prophet,.... Or "seems to be a prophet", and is really one; for the apostle does not so much design to strike at the pride, vanity, and appearances of false prophets,…
Barnes' Notes
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…
Adam Clarke
For it is a shame for women to speak in the church - The Jews would not suffer a woman to read in the synagogue; though a servant or even a child, had this permission; but the apostle refers to…
Here the apostle, 1. Enjoins silence on their women in public assemblies, and to such a degree that they must not ask questions for their own information in the church, but ask their husbands at home.…
Cambridge Bible
let them ask their husbands at home Rather, -their own husbands." The women were not only not permitted to teach (see 1Ti 2:11-14) but even to ask questions in Church, a privilege, says. Grotius,…
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