1 Corinthians 14:34

Full Chapter

September 17, 2025

KJV

Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but [they are commanded] to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

BSB

Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.

WEB

let your wives keep silent in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the law also says.

YLT

Your women in the assemblies let them be silent, for it hath not been permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith;

F.O.G Original

(34) The women are to stop speaking in the churches for they aren’t allowed to speak but are subject themselves just as The Torah-Law also says.

F.O.G

(34) The women are to stop speaking in the churches for they aren’t allowed to speak but are subject themselves just as The Torah-Law also says.

F.O.G MSG

³⁴the women should remain silent in the church gatherings.ᶠ They’re not permitted to speak but should submit, just as the Law says.

Footnotes:

³⁴ᶠ Women should remain silent: This likely refers to disruptive questioning during the service, not a complete prohibition on women’s participation, as Paul elsewhere acknowledges women praying and prophesying