1 Corinthians 14:35

if they desire to learn anything. “Let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a wife to be talking in the assembly.”

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WEBBE

if they desire to learn anything. “Let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a wife to be talking in the assembly.”

BSB

If they wish to inquire about something, they are to ask their own husbands at home; for it is dishonorable for a woman to speak in the church.

KJV

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.

ASV

And if they would learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home: for it is shameful for a woman to speak in the church.

BBE

And if they have a desire for knowledge about anything, let them put questions to their husbands privately: for talking in the church puts shame on a woman.

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εἰ ei If G1487 δέ de however G1161 τι ti anything G5100 μαθεῖν mathein to learn G3129 θέλουσιν thelousin they desire G2309 ἐν en at G1722 οἴκῳ oikō home G3624 τοὺς tous (the) G3588 ἰδίους idious [their] own G2398 ἄνδρας andras husbands G435 ἐπερωτάτωσαν eperōtatōsan they should ask G1905 αἰσχρὸν aischron shameful G150 γάρ gar for G1063 ἐστιν estin it is G1510 γυναικὶ gunaiki for a woman G1135 λαλεῖν lalein to speak G2980 ἐν en in G1722 ἐκκλησίᾳ ekklēsia [the] church G1577

The early church

"And if they would learn any thing, let them ask their own husbands at home." Thus, "not only, as it seems, are they not allowed to speak," saith he, "at random, but not even to ask any question in the church." Now if they ought not to ask questions, much more is their speaking at pleasure contrary to law. And what may be the cause of his setting them under so great subjection? Because the woman is in some sort a weaker being and easily carried away and light minded. Here you see why he set over them their husbands as teachers, for the benefit of both. For so he both rendered the women orderly, and the husbands he made anxious, as having to deliver to their wives very exactly what they heard.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on 1 Corinthians

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 34–40

When the apostle exhorts Christian women to seek information on religious subjects from their husbands at home, it shows that believing families ought to assemble for promoting spiritual knowledge. The Spirit of Christ can never contradict itself; and if their revelations are against those of the apostle, they do not come from the same Spirit. The way to keep peace, truth, and order in the church, is to seek that which is good for it, to bear with that which is not hurtful to its welfare, and to keep up good behaviour, order, and decency.

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