§ 49. FINAL INSTRUCTIONS ON CHURCH ORDER. In 1 Corinthians 14:34 ff. P. returns to the matter which he first touched upon in reproving the disorderly Church life at Cor [2180], viz., the irregular behaviour of certain Christian women (1 Corinthians 11:2-16): there it was their dress, now it is their tongue that he briefly reproves. 1 Corinthians 14:37 f., glancing over the injunctions of Div. IV. at large, commend their recognition as a test of the high pretensions to spiritual insight made at Cor [2181] 1 Corinthians 14:39 recapitulates Paul's deliverance on the vexed question of Tongues versus Prophecy. 1 Corinthians 14:40 adds the final maxim of propriety and order, a rule of administration as comprehensive and important as the πάντα πρὸς οἰκοδομὴν of 1 Corinthians 14:26.

[2180] Corinth, Corinthian or Corinthians.

[2181] Corinth, Corinthian or Corinthians.

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