In 1 Corinthians 14:34-40 Paul is quoting and refuting another bad proposal from the legalists. He is not contradicting himself as some claim. He is contradicting the contentious ones. GO DEEPER? See Tru316.com!
Place quotation marks around verses 34 and 35 in 1 Corinthians 14. This shows that these words came from others, not Paul.
Our Bible translators should have been doing this all along. But those who get Genesis 3:16 wrong miss the meaning in the other key passages on women and men like this one.
Once Genesis 3:16 becomes clear the other passages become clear too.
Paul vigorously responds to those who proposed the ideas quoted in verses 34-35. He labels them as proponents of Jewish legalism that had no place in the church of the risen savior Jesus Christ.
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