What does Paul say if something would make people say Christian women are no different than prostitutes?
Paul says that if anything would cause people to say Christian women are no different from prostitutes, then you have to be careful. Women of the Church must not imitate the brazen dress, behavior, or talkativeness of women of the street; instead they are to be subdued, subservient to their husbands, silent, and under obedience, as the law says.
Les explains that Paul uses the example of prostitutes, who were in a class of their own and brazen in dress, behavior, and talkativeness. If anything would make someone say the women of the Church are no different from those prostitutes, Paul says you have to be careful. In light of that, Paul tells the women of the Church not to be anything like the women of the street. Consequently, they are to be subdued, subservient to their husbands, and not like them. Verse 34 says, "Let your women keep silence," as the complete opposite, not permitted to speak but commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. Les notes that under the Law, even God's Law to Israel, the woman had almost no rights; it was unfortunate, but God had His reason. He also illustrates from Middle Eastern culture that a veiled woman can go anywhere without fear, but unveiled she becomes an object.
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Why did Paul warn the church women to be careful about anything that would make others compare them to prostitutes?
Paul says you have to be careful about anything that would make someone say the church women are no different than the prostitutes.