1 Corinthians 14:35, It Is a Shame for Women to Speak In the Church

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.

The women folk in the church are instructed by the Apostle Paul ask their husbands at home for any questions they may have concerning any matter because the husband is the person God has appointed for this purpose. This instruction was given that all things be done decently and in order in the church of Jesus Christ (1 Cor. 14:40).

The reason for the woman folk to keep silence is that it is a shame for women to speak in the church. And this injunction is not an instruction only for the Corinthian church but in the local churches that have been established. How is it that it is a shame for the women to speak?

Barnes analysed, “It is disreputable and shameful; it is a breach of propriety. Their station in life demands modesty, humility, and they should be free from the ostentation of appearing so much in public as to take part in the public services of teaching and praying. It does not become their rank in life; it is not fulfilling the object which God evidently intended them to fill. He has appointed men to rule; to hold offices; to instruct and govern the church; and it is improper that women should assume that office upon themselves. This evidently and obviously refers to the church assembled for public worship, in the ordinary and regular acts of devotion.”

May the Lord bless His Word to the strengthening of His people. Amen.