1 Corinthians 14:34
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.
Cross-reference
In 1 Corinthians 14:35, Paul explains that women should ask husbands at home rather than speak in church, giving practical application of the silence command.
In 1 Corinthians 11:3, the headship order (Christ-man-woman-God) provides the theological foundation for the submission required here.
In 1 Corinthians 11:5, Paul assumes women pray and prophesy in church, which appears to conflict with the silence command here—revealing the silence likely concerns specific situations.
In 1 Corinthians 11:7-10, Paul grounds gender roles in creation order and the symbol of authority, supporting the submission principle here.
Genesis 3:16 establishes the husband's rule over the wife, likely the 'Law' Paul references for women's submission.
Numbers 30:3-13 shows a woman's vows subject to her husband's authority, illustrating the submission principle Paul invokes.
In Ephesians 5:22-24, Paul extends the submission principle to marriage with the Christ-church analogy, reinforcing the order seen here in church worship.
In 1 Timothy 2:11, a similar instruction for women to learn quietly and submissively reinforces the principle of orderly participation.
In 1 Timothy 2:12, Paul further prohibits women from teaching or having authority over men, aligning with the silence and submission command here.
Ephesians 5:33 calls wives to respect husbands, reinforcing the submission theme here but in a marital context.
Colossians 3:18 commands wives to submit to husbands, echoing the submission principle but applied to marriage.
Titus 2:5 instructs young women to be subject to their husbands, a parallel household command.
1 Peter 3:1-6 elaborates on wives' submission, especially to unbelieving husbands, extending the same principle.