1 Corinthians 14:32

The spirits of the prophet, etc.] So let none maintain he must speak, or cannot stop. 33. The author] RV 'a God.' Not confusion, but peace, is to His mind: cp. Romans 15:33. As in all churches of the saints] i.e. all Christian communities. This clause belongs to the whole preceding paragraph, 'Such arrangements are in force elsewhere, and you also ought to adopt them': cp. 1 Corinthians 11:16; 1 Corinthians 4:17 note.

34-36. Women are not to speak in Church assemblies: cp. 1 Corinthians 11:3; 1 Timothy 2:11. In 1 Corinthians 11:5; St. Paul seems to allow, provided the head be covered, what he forbids here. Either (a) on second thoughts he now forbids it altogether; or, (b) here he is thinking of public services; there, of more private gatherings: cp. Acts 18:26, where Priscilla is associated with Aquila in the teaching of Apollos See also 1 Corinthians 16:19.