WrittenFromUtopia
Puritan Board Graduate
Women and 1 Corinthians 14?
Thoughts?
Question: I was reading in 1 Corinthians 14:34 that women are not allowed to speak in the church. Whoa "“ what´s up with this!?
Answer: Historical perspective REALLY helps with this one. In that day, men and women sat on different sides of the church. For a woman to ask her husband a question she would have to shout it to the other side of the church or disrupt the church service by getting up and walking over to him. Apparently, this is exactly what was happening in the Corinthian church, and their worship services were becoming a zoo. Paul is saying, "Listen during the worship service, and talk about your questions on the way home."
"Now I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ if God." 1 Cor. 11:3
Thoughts?