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In Women in the Biblical World: New Testament, Dr. Mark Chavalas provides a historical survey of the status of women in the Graeco-Roman world, from the advent of alphabetic texts in the eastern Mediterranean and Aegean regions during the late eighth century BC, to the first century AD. He looks at Greek and Roman documents as well as classical-period documents from Egypt and other regions of the...

If we look at this in the context of chapter 14, not being permitted to speak must be talking about what he said earlier in the chapter. He’s already said that they’re praying and prophesying, so evidently, they may be speaking out of turn. Paul knows what he’s talking about. The Corinthians, no doubt, know what he’s talking about. We don’t. I know many people like to say, “If God put it in the Scriptures, we should be able to understand it perfectly.” And my response is, “Yes, we probably would