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Every statement inside the bible has its background. It is good to get some of these study bibles being made nowadays and get some insight from there.
Truth is, women were treated as second-class citizens in that area at that
time, a practice still in the middle East and particularly promoted by Islam
even today. Xtianity was what came to liberate women. With that newfound
liberty, the women were going to take things too far and misuse that
liberty.
Now, many husbands who were not born again were getting
apprehensive about "this new way", as they called Christianity then. For
example, you would remember that in those days, the way they ran the
fellowship was like the leaders would speak and then at the appropriate time say something like, "If any one has a word of exhortation, let him say on" (see Acts 13:15).
Some of the women now used that chance to send "missiles" (of words) to their husbands. Nobody would understand except the "owner" of the missile. These husbands began to get apprehensive about this New Way (Christianity). This was why Paul and the others had to take a firm decision.
You know I have seen this in contemporary times? I preached somewhere at which a lady presented a special number. We all clapped but I noticed my host (the pastor) was not amused. After the service I asked my host why his countenance was like that. He said the whole special number was directed at the lady's husband. Believe this?
That is just by way of background. Scripturally, we can use some more
scriptures to balance the ones you cited.
1. In Joel 2 and Acts 2: 17, it says your sons and daughters will prophecy.
Now, in the same breath, could it mean that the sons would do it publicly
while the daughters would do it privately?
2. Acts 21:9, says Philip the evangelist has four daughters who prophesied.
How did the writer know that they prophesied if they had not done it
publicly? OR are we saying that prophesying is not part of "speaking"
publicly?
3. Acts 18: 2&3, 24-26, talk of Aquila and his wife Priscilla who were both
ministers and taught Apollos. Later Paul said they should greet this same
couple and the church that met in their house (Rom 16:3-5, ICor. 16:19).
They became pastors.
4. Paul referred to two sisters who were co-labourers with him in the gospel
in Phil. 4:2.
5. Finally, Gal 3:28 says in Christ there is no Jew, no Greek, no bond, no free, neither MALE nor FEMALE.
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