What did Paul tell the congregation to avoid doing because of the prostitutes in Corinth?
Paul instructed the congregation of believers to avoid anything that smacked of being like the prostitutes of Corinth. He told the women especially to watch their languages, speaking, and behavior, so they would not resemble the brazen, talkative prostitutes and give the world a wrong impression.
Les explains that Corinth was a wicked city marked by gross immorality. The temple on the bluff sent a thousand priestesses into Corinth's streets every night, practicing as prostitutes, so this had to be dealt with every day of the little church's existence. Paul therefore laid upon the congregation of believers the instruction: do not do anything that smacks of being like one of those prostitutes. He specifically told the ladies to watch their languages, speaking, and behavior. If they did anything resembling those brazen, talkative prostitutes, the world would get the wrong impression. Les says this is the reason Paul wrote these things concerning women.
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.
More Questions
Why did Paul tell women to keep silent in the churches in 1 Corinthians 14:34?
Paul told the women to keep silence in the churches because Corinth was a wicked city full of temple prostitution, and he did not want believers to do anything that smacked of being like those brazen, talkative prostitutes, which would give the world the wrong impression.
What did Paul tell the women in Corinth to watch?
Paul told the ladies in the church to watch their languages, speaking, and behavior.