33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as we see in all the Churches of the Saints.

34 (A)[a]Let your women keep silence in the Churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak: but they ought to be subject, as also (B)the Law saith.

35 And if they will learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the Church.

36 [b]Came the word of God out from you? either came it unto you only?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 14:34 Women are commanded to be silent in public assemblies, and they are commanded to ask of their husbands at home.
  2. 1 Corinthians 14:36 A general conclusion of the treatise of the right use of spiritual gifts in assemblies: with a sharp reprehension, lest the Corinthians might alone seem to themselves to be wise.

33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

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 also saith the law. 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.

36 What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?

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