Episode 639: Women, Silence, and Head Coverings (1 Corinthians)
The Theopolis Podcast
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Let the Women Keep Silence in the Churches
There are two possible ways to understand this woman keeps silent in the churches. He may be saying women should not teach. They're not permitted to speak in the sense of teaching. But let them listen, subject themselves as the law says. Then he says if they desire to learn anything, let their master own husbands at home. Well that indicates something else, which raises the second possibility and maybe they're both valid. I'm almost done. Enough bullets for you to shoot back at me in your questions. If a woman stands up and makes a big speech or an impassioned speech about something, it's very difficult for a man to deal with that and show honor.
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