1 Corinthians 14:34
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14:34the women13 should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak.14 Rather, let them be in submission, as in fact the law says.
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- 13 The word for “woman” and “wife” is the same in Greek. Because of the reference to husbands in v. 35, the word may be translated “wives” here. But in passages governing conduct in church meetings like this (cf. 11:2–16; 1 Tim 2:9–15) the general meaning “women” is more likely.
- 14 For they are not permitted to speak. In light of 11:2–16, which gives permission for women to pray or prophesy in the church meetings, the silence commanded here seems not to involve the absolute prohibition of a woman addressing the assembly. Therefore (1) some take be silent to mean not taking an authoritative teaching role as 1 Tim 2 indicates, but (2) the better suggestion is to relate it to the preceding regulations about evaluating the prophets (v. 29). Here Paul would be indicating that the women should not speak up during such an evaluation, since such questioning would be in violation of the submission to male leadership that the OT calls for (the law, e.g., Gen 2:18).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.
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the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak, but are to submit themselves, as the law also says.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Women should be silent during the church meetings. It is not proper for them to speak. They should be submissive, just as the law says.
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the women must be silent in the churches, for it is not permitted for them to speak, but they must be in submission, just as the law also says.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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.
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