The fact that Paul allows women to prophesy (1 Cor. 11:5) but not to teach (1 Tim. 2:12) is proof enough that he thought of these activities as distinct. Again, a few paragraphs later he writes, “When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson [teaching; didachē], a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation” (1 Cor. 14:26). Obviously, Paul sees “teaching” as a particular activity, distinguishable in some way from other types of public speaking one would expect to hear regularly in the church