silenced all women and no men, when presumably there were at least a few well-educated, courteous, or orthodox women and at least a few uneducated, less than polite, or doctrinally aberrant men!8 Still others think Paul is excluding women from speaking not in general but in tongues. This perspective has the advantage of recognizing that the verb “speak” in verse 34 is regularly used throughout this chapter for charismatic speech. But if tongues is a spiritual gift, then surely the Spirit gives it to whomever