1Cor 14:34, 1Ti 2:11-12 | JFB | STEP | 34. ( ). For women to speak in public would be an act of independence, as if they were not subject to their husbands (compare ). For "under obedience," translate, "in subjection " or " submission, " as the Greek is translated ( ). the law —a term applied to the whole Old Testament; here, .

1 Corinthians 14:34

34. (1Ti 2:11, 12). For women to speak in public would be an act of independence, as if they were not subject to their husbands (compare 1Co 11:3; Eph 5:22; Tit 2:5; 1Pe 3:1). For "under obedience," translate, "in subjection" or "submission," as the Greek is translated (Eph 5:21, 22, 24).

the law—a term applied to the whole Old Testament; here, Ge 3:16.

1 Timothy 2:11-12

11. learn—not "teach" (1Ti 2:12; 1Co 14:34). She should not even put questions in the public assembly (1Co 14:35).

with all subjection—not "usurping authority" (1Ti 2:12). She might teach, but not in public (Ac 18:26). Paul probably wrote this Epistle from Corinth, where the precept (1Co 14:34) was in force.

12. usurp authority—"to lord it over the man" [ALFORD], literally, "to be an autocrat."