1 corinthians 14:34-35 %26quot;Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law.
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.%26quot;|||I think the bible has provided great teachings, and this example teachings that aren%26#039;t so clear.
There must be a clear background and purpose for Paul to have mentioned this. Perhaps cultural traditions or ignorance to laws provided the setting for these verses.
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In both of these verses, Joseph Smith changed the word speak to rule in the Inspired Version. Elder Bruce R. McConkie wrote:
“May women speak in Church? Yes, in the sense of teaching, counseling, testifying, exhorting, and the like; no, in the sense of assuming rule over the Church as such, and in attempting to give direction as to how God’s affairs on earth shall be regulated: ‘A woman has no right to found or organize a church—God never sent them to do it.’ (Teachings, p. 212.) Paul is here telling the sisters they are subject to the priesthood, that it is not their province to rule and reign, that the bishop’s wife is not the bishop.” (DNTC, 2:387–88.)
|||It is a biblical precept and definition of the authoritative differences between man and woman. Also, this is not something exclusive to Christianity, but argued using Hebrew scripture: %26quot;Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.%26quot; (Gen 3:16) In addition, verse 35 has the verb %26quot;learn%26quot; in the Infinitive suggesting a warning against an active and vocal inquiry on their part during the service.|||No.
No one is confused by Paul%26#039;s instruction that members of the church %26quot;greet all the brethren with an holy kiss%26quot; (1 Thes. 5:26). If we were to attempt to follow such instruction today, no one would dare go to church, regardless of which gender was doing the preaching. As to Paul%26#039;s statement about women keeping silent, it must have had reference to presiding because he expressly says that they were to both pray and prophesy (see 1 Cor. 11:5).
Paul was concerned because of the local customs at the time were screeming and carrying on.|||Some people take things out of context in order to support some personal opinion or in an attempt to misrepresent and slander the Bible.
Compare Pentecost, where all present (including Jesus%26#039; mother Mary and other women) spoke in tongues to all the Jews gathered there. Acts 1:13-2:21.
Also compare the fact that Paul entrusted the letter to the Romans to a woman, named Phoebe, whom he calls %26quot;a diakonos (minister, or deacon) in the congregation of Cenchrea.%26quot; Romans 16:1-2.
The verses in 1 Corinthians 14:33-35, about women keeping silent in the congregation, makes perfect sense IN CONTEXT.
The context goes from the start of chapter 12 through the end of chapter 14. That context involves the discussion about gifts of the spirit (speaking in tongues, translating tongues, prophesying, etc.)
The situation, as described, is that unbelievers are present and Christians are speaking in tongues, etc. The purpose of the entire discussion to keep everything organized under such circumstances; which is clearly stated at the end of the context in chapter 14 verse 40.
It is IN THIS CONTEXT that the women were to keep silent. Which makes sense, since women in Corinth had a very low status. A woman speaking in public would likely be an unacceptable shock to an unbelieving Corinthian male. So they would keep quiet, in order to keep things organized. This rule likely extended to other regions as well, where women had low status.|||3 other people have asked this today, look for those answers...
basically you have to read those verses in context of the time period and the situation. They asked women to ask their husbands questions rather than stopping the meetings. Women were not educated at that time as they are now, so that verse is not applicable as thist time. |||It helped illustrate that Paul is an inordinately important factor in the rise of Christianity as a religion, and that Paul appears to have been a nasty piece of work.|||Read in context. FOUR individuals or groups are told to shut up in the assembly. Look for the REASONS, then you might understand.|||Just one of many instructions of Christ which too many, of those who %26quot;claim%26quot; to be %26quot;christians%26quot;, do not follow.
btw...Lucytoo5( above answer) is incorrect|||It hasn%26#039;t affected my view. I believe in it now, and I will always. Nothing you can do to change that.|||speak means to gossip not to not literally talk.|||somebody needs a hug ((( ))) my attitude is unwavering.|||If Jesus was really supernatural then the times wouldn%26#039;t matter. He would have taught them to change.|||It%26#039;s find with me it has changed nonthing about my mind.|||It sounds like men wrote the bible, not God.
