Chould any good Christian allow woman to speak in Church?

Question

We find this in 1 Corinthians chapter 14:
As in all the congregations of the saints, women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says. If 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.

I want to know the opinion of Christian how can we cilence the female.

Some ppl answer it was written for the time of that era. Well GOD all knowing inspire the bible and he knew we would have our time but i don't see anywhere it was changed.
SO you convinietly chaging GOD's law to accomodate your needs? And they you all Screaming we are true Christians? How cool. What else will you change in a few years to say its not aplicable to our time lets modernise the bible.
Therefore GOD and MOney exist and we all go to hell

Answer 1

There are some people answering this question that are dancing just as hard as they can.

If it's an outdated doctrine, then maybe the doctrine on other things, like sex before marriage, homosexuality, and so on, is likewise outdated.

What hypocrisy.

Below me... my dear, Corinthians was written AFTER Jesus, and has nothing to do with the old law. The rules in this book and others in the NT are the ones put in place for the new religion of Christianity after Christ died.

Answer 2

Obviously taken out of context, what we know to have happened here is that women were teaching false doctrines and gossiping in the church - this was when Paul harshly admonished them to be silent in the church. If we look further into scripture we do find that women are not to be ordained as ministers, that this role was given to men in authority and as God-called them, which we have few men truly being called anymore as we have more and more thinking it is a way to make a fast buck - but having grown up a preacher's daughter, it is was poor living, not ungrateful though, and I didn't know we were materially poor until I got out on my own! People should live more materially poor anyway, we are gluttons and worship material goods as though they were our salvation and redeeming grace, and we will pay the price for it. I went through my own rebellion of living this way and am I glad God took it all away. My state now is better than the riches of this world. So back to the issue at hand, women's roles in the church would be far less outspoken, if men had stayed their role in the first place - but in an overall service, if it weren't for women teaching the children's classes and even some adult classes, how many men would do it? If it weren't for women leading music and playing the instruments, how many men would do it? Women haven't taken on these roles to be rebellious, but men quit doing what God called them to do - be men and love their wives as Christ loved the church - so they bail on the families (not that women don't do the same) and they bail on the church, and all you have left sometimes is women to keep any sort of faith going. If a woman is speaking out wrongly, then approach her one on one, if that doesn't bring reproof, then take two or three witnesses, if that still doesn't work, go before the church, this is the way the scriptures teaches to deal with internal strife. But don't discount the many women who genuinely have something to offer, even if it needs to be done outside the formal services.

Answer 3

I am a Christian female. Even if you cut my tongue out, you could never silence me. I'm much too opinionated and outspoken. I find that passage hard to swallow, because I was raised in an American home by conservative Christians who had no problem with allowing their children to express their opinion. I'd LIKE to think that it was a "cultural thing". The entire chapter is about speaking in tongues and speaking in the church, and at the end it mentions that bit about the women being silent. I don't understand it, and I WILL ask God, or the author of Corinthians, Paul, when I am allowed into heaven.

Answer 4

In the culture in which that was written the men sat on one side of the church and the women sat on the other. The women were trying to talk to their husbands across the aisle when they had a question. Try that in any meeting and you will see the problem. Jesus was not sexist. The Bible says that we are all equal: male and female, Jew or Greek, slave and free. It does not say that women can't teach or instruct. In 1 Corinthians 11:5 Paul speaks about women praying and prophesying.

Answer 5

If you look back into the beginning of Chapter 14, they are talking
about Prophecys and revealations.

According to God's order of things, for example, revealation for a church will go to the Prophet, revealation for a family will go to the Father, and so on.
So, if the woman are not call of God to an office where she can receive revealation, it is not proper for her to speak .

It is illogical to think that God would undermind the role of Woman in the history of the church or the whole human existence.
And it is also ignorant of any man to use that verse as an excuse to deny any woman to speak freely.
Often I find many men took the wrong concept of being the head of the household, they "rule" like a dictator, instead of leading his household with love and compassion.

Answer 6

This particular CONTEXT means essentially - "knock off the yapping during services". Women in Paul's time sat on opposite sides of the temple and would try to speak to their husbands as to what the speaker was saying .., things like that. Women gossiping or yacking during service is not permissable eather. "Learn in silence".

Thats why even in school classes the teacher requires QUIET so the students may learn without distraction.

Women should be quiet during services and not be talking loudly and being disruptive. As far as that goes, men or even children should be kept quiet.

ORDER has to be maintained when assembling to learn the Word of God and when gathered to worship. People just cant go about doing their own little thing and have chaos going on.

Answer 7

In church they cannot hold positions of authority speak in authority or teach in authority, that is for men only. they can have a women's meeting in a church to teach younger women yes. They can prophesy outside of the church under conditions yes.
As long as things are kept in Gods order.
There is a grave difference than saying they cannot even talk that is foolish Paul was talking about speaking in a sense of authority not just talking at all. If that was the case then when Paul told His church to listen to Priscilla to do as she asked and to treat her as Paul then he would be going against his own words.

Answer 8

This passage is more for the obedience of women to the husband who is the head of the house. These two versus are not meant to teach us to tell women to shut their mouths in the church, but to not demean the husband or take on his responsibility in the church. In the old days, a woman would not have said two words. This is not applicable in these days. A woman has the right to pray in church. This verse could be used to say that women should not be teachers or pastors within a church, but I personally prefer to have a female teacher as they tend to explain things better.

Answer 9

We are not bound by the Law of the Old Testament anymore; we still abide by the Law, but under the covenant that Christ fulfilled when He died on the cross. Women can speak; they can approach God's throne, they can do whatever it takes! But they must be as respectful of God's will and humble to His will as any man would be. We can only silence those who refuse to "let everything be done decent and in order."

Answer 10

I just picked up my bible to check it out and yes it does say that. Now I know when Jesus came that all of the old law was gone. However I want to be use so today I'm going to ask my dad about it since he really studies the bible. So you can email me when I find out the answer ([e-mail]). I know many female preachers and believe me they're not looked down upon so there's no need to silence all females. Email me and we'll see.