1 Corinthians 14:38 — Greek Interlinear

Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 14:38

“But if any man is ignorant, let him be ignorant.” And wherefore did he add this? Intimating that he is not using violence nor contention, which is a sign of them who wish not to set up their own things, but aim at what is profitable to others. Wherefore also in another place he says, “But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom.” 1 Corinthians 11:16 But he does not this everywhere, but only where the offenses are not very great, and then rather as putting…