33 since God is not a God of disorder but of peace.

As in all the churches of the saints,(A) 34 the women[a] should be silent in the churches,(B) for they are not permitted to speak, but are to submit themselves, as the law also says. 35 If they want to learn something, let them ask their own husbands(C) at home, since it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church. 36 Or did the word of God originate from you, or did it come to you only?

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  1. 14:34 Other mss read your women

33 for God[a] is not a God of disorder but of peace.

As[b] in all the churches of the saints, 34 the women must keep silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak out, but must place themselves in submission, as the oral[c] law also says. 35 If they want to learn anything, they should ask their own husbands at home, for it is inappropriate for a woman to speak out in church.[d]

36 Did God’s word originate with you? Are you the only ones[e] it has reached?

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  1. 1 Corinthians 14:33 Lit. he
  2. 1 Corinthians 14:33 Or peace, as in all the churches of the saints. 34 The
  3. 1 Corinthians 14:34 The Gk. lacks oral
  4. 1 Corinthians 14:35 Other mss. place vv. 34 and 35 after v. 40.
  5. 1 Corinthians 14:36 The Gk. is a pl. masc. pronoun