Does this mean that women should not speak in church services? It is clear from 11:5 that women prayed and prophiesied in public worship. It is also clear in 12-14 that women are given spiritual gifts and are encouraged to exercise them in the body of Chirst. women have much to contribute and can participate in worship services.
In the Corinthian culture, women were not allowed to confront men in public. Apparently some of the women who had become christians thought that their christian freedom gave them the right to question the men in public worship. This was causing division in the church.In addition, women of that day did not receive formal religious education as did the men. women could ask questions at home, without disrupting the services. Paul was asking the women not to flaut their christain freedom during worship. The purpose of Pauls Words was to promote unity, not to teach womens roles in the church.
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