1 CORINTHIANS 14:35 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
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 — the verse specifies the concern: women asking questions publicly violates household order and social propriety. The reference to husbands and home suggests the issue is not women's prophetic gift but disruptive interrogation.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 14:35
“And if they would learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home.” Thus, “not only, as it seems, are they not allowed to speak,” says he, “at random, but not even to ask any question in the church.” Now if they ought not to ask questions, much more is their speaking at pleasure contrary to law. And what may be the cause of his setting them under so great subjection? Because the woman is in some sort a weaker being and easily carried away and light minded. Here you…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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