Christian women, how do you reconcile with passages like this from the Bible in the NT no less?

Question

1 Cor14:34-35

As in all the congregations of the saints, 34women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says. 35If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.

FOR IT IS DISGRACEFUL FOR A WOMEN TO SPEAK IN THE CHURCH.--I still don't see why it would be disgraceful for a woman to speak in Church, notice it doesnt say men and women, just women.

Thats 1 Cor. 14:34-35 for those who didn't see it up top.

Oh max, my friend, If I didn't know you better I would____________________. Let your mind be your guide. ;)

Answer 1

Read the whole chapter. It's about restoring order to a congregation that was very disorderly.

While I take an active role in worship, I do not take a leadership role. God gave that responsibility to men. I don't have a problem with that. It's not that they're better, it's that they have a different role. If I fight to take my husband's role, I have neglected my own. I don't want to do that. I value my own role as a woman.

Answer 2

It is vitally important to remember that Paul wrote this to the Corinthian church; he did not write it to ALL churches. Also, the entirety of 1 Cor. 14 is devoted to one subject: order within the Corinthian church services. You see, at that time, there was no true order in the Corinth church. People (mostly men) would interupt others rudely with prophesies and speaking in tongues, etc. It is vital to understand that Paul is repremanding these men, too! It's not just the women!

The specific problem Paul addresses in 1 Cor. 14:34-35 results in the fact that were confined to a separate gallery than men (not because Paul required it, but because this was the tradition in Corinth), and simply couldn't hear what was being preached, debated or prophesied. There were no bullhorns, speaker systems, or other amplifying devices. Women were constantly calling out to their husbands, "What did he say?" Can you imagine attending any meeting (religious or otherwise) where people constantly inturrupted others, spoke in unintelligible languages, or called out questions? (I know -- it sounds like a Fox News broadcast!) Paul's advice, while it sounds harsh, was only meant to address this behavior.

I hope this helps.

Answer 3

Finally! Some biblical passages that make perfectly good sense!

Let the gossip-mongers congregate outside our Holy Churches where they were directed to be by God, our Holy Father, in the first place. Thus, they may get a head star home to get Sunday dinner on the table before we Christian men get home from worshiping our Patriarchal Father in Heaven.

Our Lord knows what and where is the woman's place. This is because He created and designed them from Adam's rib to serve their husbands in the kitchen and submit to them in the bedroom. Last but not least they were meant to obey their husbands, something very Holy that has been completely forgotten..

We must repent and rectify this through a New Revival of Christian Family Values.The true roles of women have been pushed aside by some homogenized version of The Word of the Lord to please a few harlots in their heresy.

If they can't wait to hear the Word from their men after services., and because this is the 21st century, they could be allowed top watch it on television whilst they bake the bread and baste the turkey.

How far we have strayed from the Word, oh my brothers, but stay tuned. The problem will be resolved in South Carolina soon...and hopefully by the grace of God the rest of the nation will learn by example.

wOrd

Answer 4

May the peace and the grace of the Lord be with you. As far as your question goes, it has been widely misinterpreted, and used to keep the women down. But, it has been proven that when the apostle Paul was writing this letter to the people in Corinth, he knew exactly in what state they were in. He knew that the women where behaving in an improper manner. The Bible clearly states that God is no respecter of persons Rom.2:11, 1 Pet.1:17. What does that mean? It means that in Christ, there is neither woman, nor man, there is no Greek, nor Jew, there is no slave, nor free, Gal.3:28. My sister, God has called you with a purpose. There is no demon in hell that can stop that purpose from taking place, no man, and no woman. the only person that can stop you from fulfilling your God ordained purpose, is you! So go on girl, and do your thang.

Answer 5

first of all, the reason religons get a bad reputation, is what you just did! What you are doing is taking two verses out of the Bible and twisting them to your own thinking. This Passage of scripture was to the people of Corinth in GREECE, back in like 50 AD, that was almost 2000 yrs ago. The World has changed, and this passage of scripture was from Paul to the Corinths. Please remeber the New Testament is full of letters from the apostles and Paul to many of the people in the world AT THAT TIME. Also make sure you use the correct version of the bible, The King James Version is the Correct one, Other versions change words.

Answer 6

However, there are verses where Jesus speaks to the importance of women and their places in society. This would be one man's idea of women. Not to mention, God calls all kinds of unlikely candidates to positions of ministry. Why not women too? Adulterers, murderers, tax collectors, thiefs, and liars have all been important ministry tools for God. Why couldn't a woman be in a position of ministry? It's called progression and the Christian church has made some, but it needs a lot more.

Answer 7

These were written by Paul in a time when women typically were not allowed to go to church at all, so Christianity actually gave more respect to women than was the norm. Obviously our social norms have changed a bit since then.

Answer 8

Its entirely meant for the congregations at the time. Very dominated by men in a patriarchal society where women were just above property. ALmost like the Taliban society. Its much different now.

Answer 9

The same way that I reconcile with the fact that Mary is mentioned as a person and not just the mother of Jesus, many many more times in the Quran than in the Bible. I don't care. As long as my church doesn't do that, then I'm fine.

Answer 10

Personally, it doesn't bother me, and these are the reasons why:

The Scriptures afford Christian men and women an equal measure of honor as members of the congregation. The apostle Paul writes to Christians in Galatia that “there is neither slave nor freeman, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one person in union with Christ Jesus.” All have an independent spiritual standing before God; yet all are united as a body of his servants. All are alike in God’s household.—Galatians 3:26-28

The differences center on teaching and authority. Women are barred from serving in an official teaching capacity in the congregation and from exercising spiritual authority over fellow congregation members. In his pastoral letter to Timothy, Paul plainly states: “I do not permit a woman to teach, or to exercise authority over a man, but to be in silence.”—1 Timothy 2:12.

Paul next points to the basis for not allowing women to be teachers—a divinely appointed relationship between man and woman. “For Adam was formed first, then Eve,” he writes. (1 Timothy 2:13) God could have created Adam and Eve at the same moment, but he did not. Adam existed for some time before Eve. Does this not reveal God’s purpose for Adam to direct, to be the head, rather than Eve? (1 Corinthians 11:3) And to teach is, in effect, to act as a master, or head, over those taught. Those taught listen and quietly learn. Thus, in the congregation only men are to be teachers and overseers.

Need the fact that women do not teach in the congregation cause frustration and resentment? No. Women are free to teach Christian doctrine and are invited to do so. In what context and under what circumstances? Older women can be “teachers of what is good” to the younger women. And just as Eunice and her mother Lois instructed Timothy, so Christian women still follow their example in training children in “The Way” of the truth.—Titus 2:3-5; Acts 9:2; 2 Timothy 1:5.