1 Corinthians 14:35

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.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	δέ de	G1161	but · conjunction
if	εἰ ei	G1487	if · conditional particle
will	θέλουσιν, thelousin	G2309	to determine (as an active option from subjective impul… · verb — present active indicative, 3rd person plural
learn	μαθεῖν mathein	G3129	to learn (in any way) · verb — second aorist active infinitive
thing	τι ti	G5100	some or any person or object · indefinite pronoun — accusative singular neuter
ask	ἐπερωτάτωσαν· eperōtatōsan	G1905	to ask for · verb — present active imperative, 3rd person plural
their	ἰδίους idious	G2398	pertaining to self · adjective — accusative plural masculine
husbands	ἄνδρας andras	G435	a man (properly as an individual male) · noun — accusative plural masculine
at	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
home	οἴκῳ oikō	G3624	a dwelling (more or less extensive · noun — dative singular masculine
for	γάρ gar	G1063	properly · conjunction
is	ἐστί estí	G2076	he (she or it) is
shame	αἰσχρὸν aischron	G150	shameful · adjective — nominative singular neuter
women	γυναικὶ gunaiki	G1135	a woman · noun — dative singular feminine
speak	λαλεῖν lalein	G2980	to talk · verb — present active infinitive
in	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
church	ἐκκλησίᾳ. ekklēsia	G1577	a calling out · noun — dative singular feminine

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Ephesians 5:12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
1 Peter 3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs to…
Ephesians 5:25-27 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
1 Corinthians 11:6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
1 Corinthians 11:14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
1 Corinthians 14:34 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 al…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 14:34-35

Here the apostle, 1. Enjoins silence on their women in public assemblies, and to such a degree that they must not ask questions for their own information in the church, but ask their husbands at home. They are to learn in silence with all subjection; but, says the apostle, I suffer them not to teach, Ti1 2:11, Ti1 2:12. There is indeed an intimation (Co1 11:5) as if the women sometimes did pray and prophecy in their assemblies, which the apostle, in that passage, does not simply condemn, but the manner of performance, that is, praying or prophesying with the head uncovered, which, in that age and country, was throwing off the distinction of sexes, and setting themselves on a level with the m…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 14:35

Anticipation of an objection. Women may say, "But if we do not understand something, may we not 'ask' a question publicly so as to 'learn'? Nay, replies Paul, if you want information, 'ask' not in public, but 'at home'; ask not other men, but 'your own particular (so the Greek) husbands.'" shame--indecorous.

Adam Clarke on 1 Corinthians 14:35

For it is a shame for women to speak in the church - The Jews would not suffer a woman to read in the synagogue; though a servant or even a child, had this permission; but the apostle refers to irregular conduct, such conduct as proved that they were not under obedience, Co1 14:34.

John Gill on 1 Corinthians 14:35

And if they will learn anything,.... If they are desirous of learning anything in relation to doctrine, duty, or discipline, and of improving their knowledge of divine things, which is very commendable in them; if any difficulty arises in their minds whilst hearing the word, which they want to have removed, or any question to ask for information sake, let them ask their husbands at home; privately, when retired from the public assembly; for though men might ask one another concerning this, and the other point, in the church, as was usual in the synagogue worship, to which this church at Corinth in many things conformed; yet women were not allowed this freedom, and even in things which belon…

The Church Fathers

I wish to see each man's earnestness and each woman's devotion. Burn out impiety from your mind, put your soul on the anvil and your stubborn infidelity under the hammer.… Then let the gate of paradise be opened to each man and each woman among you.
— Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lecture 15

The virgins of men go about, in opposition to the virgins of God, with front quite bare, excited to a rash audacity; and the semblance of virgins is exhibited by women who have the power of asking somewhat from husbands, not to say such a request as that (forsooth) their rivals-all the more "free" in that they are the "hand-maids" of Christ alone -may be surrendered to them. "We are scandalized," they say, "because others walk otherwise (than we do); "and they prefer being "scandalized" to being provoked (to modesty).
— Tertullian, On the Veiling of Virgins

It is shameful because it is contrary to discipline for them to presume to speak about the law in the house of God, who has taught that they are subject to their husbands, when they know that men have the primacy there and that for them it is more fitting to be free to pray while holding their tongues. If they dare to speak in church, it is a disgrace, because they are veiled in order to appear humble. Moreover, women like this show that they are immodest, which is a disgrace to their husbands too. For when women are insolent, their husbands receive the blame as well.
— Ambrosiaster, COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES

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Dictionary and topics

Woman — Was “taken out of man” (Gen. 2:23), and therefore the man has the preeminence. “The head of the woman is the man;” but yet honour is to be shown to the wife, “as unto the weaker vessel” (1 Cor. 11:3,…
Wife · UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO — UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Wives · Should seek religious instruction from their husbands — Should seek religious instruction from their husbands

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Corinthians 14:35

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 14:34-35

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 14:35

Adam Clarke on 1 Corinthians 14:35

John Gill on 1 Corinthians 14:35

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Corinthians 14:35

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 14:34-35

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 14:35

Adam Clarke on 1 Corinthians 14:35

John Gill on 1 Corinthians 14:35

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on 1 Corinthians 14:34–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Corinthians 14:34-35