1 Corinthians 14:35 BSB

1 Corinthians 14:35

If they wish to inquire about something, they are to ask their own husbands at home; for it is dishonorable for a woman to speak in the church.

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ASV

And if they would learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home: for it is shameful for a woman to speak in the church.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And if they will learn anything - If anything has been spoken which they do not understand; or if on any particular subject they desire more full information, let them inquire of their husbands in their own dwelling. They may there converse freely; and their inquiries will not be attended with the irregularity and disorder which would occur should they interrupt the order and solemnity of public worship. For it is a shame - It is disreputable and shameful; it is a breach of propriety.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Anticipation of an objection. Women may say, "But if we do not understand something, may we not 'ask' a question publicly so as to 'learn'? Nay, replies Paul, if you want information, 'ask' not in public, but 'at home'; ask not other men, but 'your own particular (so the Greek) husbands.'" shame--indecorous.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἰ	ei	If	G1487 →
δέ	de	however	G1161 →
τι	ti	anything	G5100 →
μαθεῖν	mathein	to learn	G3129 →
θέλουσιν,	thelousin	they desire,	G2309 →
ἐν	en	at	G1722 →
οἴκῳ	oikō	home	G3624 →
τοὺς	tous	<the>	G3588 →
ἰδίους	idious	[their] own	G2398 →
ἄνδρας	andras	husbands	G435 →
ἐπερωτάτωσαν·	eperōtatōsan	they should ask;	G1905 →
αἰσχρὸν	aischron	shameful	G150 →
γάρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἐστιν	estin	it is	G1510 →
γυναικὶ	gunaiki	for a woman	G1135 →
λαλεῖν	lalein	to speak	G2980 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ἐκκλησίᾳ.	ekklēsia	[the] church.	G1577 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Peter 3:7
Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
leads to
- Colossians 3:19
  Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
- Genesis 2:23–24
  And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
- Matthew 19:3–9
  Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
- Ephesians 5:25–28
  Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
- 1 Corinthians 7:3
  The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.
Through
Ephesians 5:12
For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
leads to
- Ephesians 5:3
  But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.
- Romans 2:16
  on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.
- Ecclesiastes 12:14
  For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.

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