"And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity" (I Cor. 13.13). Though faith, hope and charity abide in the life of the Christian today, love (charity) is the most prominent. Nothing pleases God more than for him to see us loving him and one another. Love will continue on the other side of eternity.
COMMENTARY (I Corinthians 14:34-37)
The Apostle Paul refers to the Old Testament Law, "as also the law says" as proof of the congruency of the command for women to be silent and to be under subjection in the assemblies (I Cor. 14.34). The apostle commands specifically, "in the assemblies" as to letting the women be quiet. In 11:4, 5, it seems appropriate to think praying and prophesying concerns the conduct of a woman or a man outside of the assembly. The issue in 11:5 is the covering--the hair; but the issue of the context in 14:34 has to do with assembly order: the differentiation of the sexes--the males to speak in the assembly; the women to be quiet and under subjection.
Here again, " ... for it is a shame for women to speak in the assembly," as in verse 34, the apostle mentions specifically where--"in the assembly" (I Cor. 14.35).
He sarcastically rebukes the Greeks for not adhering to the authority of God's word, "What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?" (I Cor. 14:36)
Even though an indefinite pronoun is used, it is evident the apostle is addressing men: prof-ay'-tace preacher; pnyoo-mat-ik-os' spiritual; both forms of the Greek words denote the male. Both of the words also have feminine forms which would denote the female: they are not mentioned in this verse (I Cor.14.37).
Br. Ken
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