1 Corinthians 11:5
New Testament
4 Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered disgraces his head. 5 But any woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered disgraces her head, for it is one and the same thing as having a shaved head. 6 For if a woman will not cover her head, she should cut off her hair. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, she should cover her head.
Date: 55-57 C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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1 Corinthians 14:34
New Testament
32 Indeed, the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets, 33 for God is not characterized by disorder but by peace. As in all the churches of the saints, 34 the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. Rather, let them be in submission, as in fact the law says. 35 If they want to find out about something, they should ask their husbands at home, because it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in church.
Date: 55-57 C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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Notes and References
"... 1 Corinthians 14:34-36 ... Although these two verses are found in all known manuscripts, either here or at the end of the chapter, the two text-critical criteria of transcriptional and intrinsic probability combine to cast considerable doubt on their authenticity ... of even greater difficulty is the fact that these verses stand in obvious contradiction to 1 Corinthians 11:2-16, where it is assumed without reproof that women pray and prophesy in the assembly, not to mention that such is also assumed in the repeated "all" of verses 23-24 and 31 and the "each one" of verse 26. This problem is so manifest that most interpretations that consider these words authentic engage much of their energy in "getting around" their plain meaning so as to allow the two passages to exist side by side in the same letter ..."
Fee, Gordon D.
The First Epistle to the Corinthians
(pp. 699-702) William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1987
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