Christian Women how does it feel to know that your not supposed to speak in church?

Question

If you disagree with this verse can you please site the verse where it says Paul was just kidding?

1 Corinthians 14:34-36
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 also saith the law. 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

Answer 1

All religion has stupid dark aged laws regarding both genders, but you would imagine, if they are avid church goers, then maybe they would have read and accepted their 'holy' books rules and stipulations...

It's all rubbish, and quite laughable anyway... as long as it's kept in the home and church, then I really couldn't give a monkeys WHAT they want to get up to...

Answer 2

Please check the context of this verse. Paul puts it in place because there is a new freedom in the Church (that didn't exist in other religions like Judaism) that prohibited women from speaking in church. Men and women were speaking out of turn in church services and causing all sorts of commotions. As a result of this Paul asks that the women remain quiet in church and speak through their husbands. Immediately half of the distractions stopped and church services were able to be more productive. It was not meant as a prohibition for women to stop speaking at all in church services, it was a way or creating a more consistent service. Also remember the culture at the time caused women to be quiet in general society so it would have been much easier for Paul to ask women to remain quiet than to impose silence on men that would have contradicted social standards at the time.

Answer 3

If you can follow Paul's line of thinking, then you know what he was talking about. Just to read it as is & come up with a wild teaching is wrong. What if a woman had a unbelieving Husband, ask your self this, Why should she ask a unbelieving husband something about the bible when he don't know anything. Now to clear up what Paul was talking about, God invest into Men & women the Gifts of the spirit. A woman can use any gift like speaking in tongues & interpretation of tongues, or Prophecy, & a woman can testify in church. But a women is NOT call into the ministry, so what Paul is saying that a women is not to take authority over the men. Just a little example in the OT how God can use a women, Sarah told Abraham that Ishmeal must leave their house & Abraham listern to Sarah. So in saying all of this, A woman can testify Or even use one of the 9 spiritual gifts in the congregation, But they are never to take the place in the ministry as a teacher or any other calling in the ministry. So think on this subject, what if her husband is a unbeliever. You have to know how to rightly divide the word of God.

Answer 4

Yes wife they are but since when can a woman resist sprucing up to be admired ? Most women I know of enjoy the attention even those who pretend to be offended . I have even known some who would go so far as to risk extreme health issues rather than lose the admiration of others this is human nature and rooted in survival instincts . For millenniums if a woman lost the interest of men she became expendable it is only within the last hundred years that this has changed for the better for women .

Answer 5

The teachings of the Bible were different from all the cultures at that time, because the Bible taught what was uncommon, a respect for women.
Paul was talking about how women shouldn't be disrupting the services. They were to be respectful of their husband's headship. In turn, the husband was to value his wife's thoughts and wishes. Paul valued womens' contributions to the Christian work. If you read the whole context of Corinthians, that church needed major overhauls in a lot of ways, and Paul was trying to set them straight.
And even in the Old Testament, women could teach...i.e. one of the judges was Deborah, some women were also prophets.

Answer 6

How about you must take the scripture in context. You will be in error if you only take a verse and take it from there. Those women were out of order, therefore, they were told to keep silent. If women didn't have a purpose and had to keep silent, then why would Anna the Prophetess speak over Jesus and prophecy into His life? What about Deobrah? Read about her in the bible. She was a woman God gave a battle plan to defeat an army. Start at Judges 4 to see who she was. God doesn't contradict himself--so if He used women to speak to MEN...as I believe you are hinting at--I think your interpretation is incorrect. Read Deborah Company by Dr. Jane Hamon if you want an honest revelation--not trying to be funny or cute. God is raising up women who are not ashamed and who can speak. I bind the spirit of bondage so many have tried to put on women.

Answer 7

Doesn't apply to us...the Corinthian women were causing problems in the church...try putting things in context instead of trying to trick people into contention with single verses. This is exactly what many non-Christians in Answers try to do..

Answer 8

The application of the apostle Paul's inspired command should be understood in the light of the context.When Paul wrote,the meetings of the congregation at Corinth,including those meetings where unbelievers were present,lacked order.More than person at a time would be prophesying or speaking in a tongue(1Cor14:22-32).Evidently some women there would raise challenging questions and dispute with men appointed to teach the congregation.Thus these women were actually assuming the position of teachers and ignoring the position of headship assigned to the man - 1Cor.11:3.
Correcting the situation,Paul called attention to the fact that "God is a God,not of disorder,but of peace"(1Cor.14:33).Respecting women,he wrote:"Let the women keep silent in the congregations,for it is not permitted for them to speak,but let them be in subjection,even as the Law says.If,then,they want to learn something,let them question their own husbands at home,for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in a congregation".This admonition is in agreement with Paul's later words in his first letter to Timothy:"Let a woman learn in silence with full submissiveness.I do not permit a woman to teach,or to exercise authority over a man,but to be in silence - 1 Tim.2:11,12
Accordingly,the command for women not to speak applied whenever such speaking had the unwholesome effect of undermining the authority of the men in the congregation.That it did not rule out all speaking on the part of women is evident from 1Cor.11:5:"Every woman that prays or prophecies with her head uncovered shames her head."However,it would have been disgraceful for women to raise challenging questions or to lift themselves up above the men assembled and begin instructing them.For them to do such things would have also brought reproach on their husbands.

Answer 9

I'm going to have to disagree with my fellow Christian brothers and sisters on this issue. I think that the passage WAS addressed to women everywhere, not just the Corinthian church.

However, it's important to remember that this wasn't saying that women could not preach or teach, either. The problem was that women (specifically, wives) were disrupting the services to ask their husbands (who were sitting on the other side of the sanctuary) what something meant.

But it's obvious that Paul DID approve of women preaching. This is apparent in Romans 16, where Paul commends Phoebe, a "servant" or "deaconess" of the church in Cenchrea.

The idea that women cannot speak at ALL is because of cultural misunderstandings. One has to take the ENTIRE Bible, or at least all of Paul's teachings, within context to understand exactly what's going on.

So, after reading all of Paul's writings, the conclusion I've come to is that he spoke out against women disrupting church services, but had no problem with them leading.

I don't feel that's sexist at all. Sexism came into church much later; it wasn't there in the beginning.

Answer 10

no offense meant but paul was once a living human being and like any other human being, we all have our different opinions on just anything, from trivial matters like how to roll socks to important ones like who is best to rule the country. i know the very pious might exclaim in horror and ask GOD to burn me up in flames and so on and so forth but just because it has been written hundreds of years ago doesnt mean its right. paul has his own opinions on how women should behave and i think he was also brought up in this manner hence this belief. but one has to undestand that it is a dog eat dog world out there and this mentality has been an ongoing trend since the start of life on earth. whoever the winner is, his thoughts, views, etc. will be considered right and wrong to those of his opponents. thats how it was and that is still how it is. i cannot site you a verse in the bible that might refute such claim. and even if i do, if people refuse to acknowledge it, what's the point then. my opinion, the church should concentrate more on how they can encourage people to live the good and decent christian way of life through aiding those in need, setting up a good example to the multitude, communicating with GOD without malice and pretenses, etc. trivial matter like gender roles should best be kept somewhere that could not jeopardize the already dwindling relationship of the church to its people.

Answer 11

Bro, Paul only stated this command to the Corinthian church and it was ment for only them because the women at that church were very contentious.

If you read Romans, their are two women spoken of and they are in the ministry with Paul, Paul did not tell them to be silent but it was only meant for the women of Corinth.