Episode 590: 1 Corinthians 14 Part 4 Women Keep Silent Revisited

I’m not sure how many times we have talked about this subject since we have covered Paul’s writings but here we are again! I wasn’t there and I do not claim to have all the answers but if Paul means for a woman to be completely silent in churches, then why does he tell them to pray with their heads covered back in chapter 11? Would he not tell them not pray at all, or at least until they leave the meeting or get to their homes? And what are we going to do with Chloe who is asking all these questions that Paul is answering? Will she not read the responses to the entire church? Before you say “no!”, what about Pheobe? She delivered the letter from Paul to the church at Rome, meaning she also read it to the entire congregation that was assembled together, both men and women. And what about Philip’s four daughters who prophesied? Who did they prophesy to? The open air in a field somewhere? No! They prophesied to believers that were assembled together! So do what you will with all of that!