SEV Biblia, Chapter 14:33
(porque Dios no es Dios de desorden, sino de paz) como en todas las iglesias de los santos.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 14:33
Verse 33. For God is not the author of confusion] Let not the persons who act in the congregation in this disorderly manner, say, that they are under the influence of God; for he is not the author of confusion; but two, three, or more, praying or teaching in the same place, at the same time, is confusion; and God is not the author of such work; and let men beware how they attribute such disorder to the God of order and peace. The apostle calls such conduct akatastasia, tumult, sedition; and such it is in the sight of God, and in the sight of all good men. How often is a work of God marred and discredited by the folly of men! for nature will always, and Satan too, mingle themselves as far as they can in the genuine work of the Spirit, in order to discredit and destroy it. Nevertheless, in great revivals of religion it is almost impossible to prevent wild-fire from getting in amongst the true fire; but it is the duty of the ministers of God to watch against and prudently check this; but if themselves encourage it, then there will be confusion and every evil work.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 33. For God is not the author of confusion , etc.] Or disorder, or tumult, as the Syriac renders it; wherefore he does not inspire and excite his prophets to deliver themselves in a disorderly and tumultuous manner, so as to break in one upon another; but when one speaks, the other is silent, or when one has anything revealed to him, and he signifies it in a proper manner, the other stops and gives way to him, and when he has done another succeeds, and so the rest in order, till the whole opportunity is filled up in an orderly and edifying manner; and whatever is contrary to, or breaks in upon such a method, God is not the author of: for he is the author of peace , harmony, unity, and concord among his prophets and teachers, and so of order, for the former cannot be without the latter; where there is no order in the ministry, there can be no peace among the ministers, nor comfort in the churches; but God is the God of peace, he calls for, requires, disposes, and approves of peace and order among all his people: as in all churches of the saints . The Vulgate Latin reads, as I teach in all, etc. and so read some copies, and may refer to all that is said before; and the sense be, that all the rules he had prescribed concerning speaking with tongues, and prophesying, were not new ones, but such as he had directed to be observed in all churches he was concerned with, and which consisted of holy and good men; or God is the author, not of confusion, but of peace in all the churches; he orders and disposes peace among them, and they attend to it: peace and order, and not confusion and tumult, prevail in all churches that deserve to be called churches of the saints, and therefore were in this to be imitated by the church at Corinth. Ver. 34. Let your women keep silence in the churches , etc.] This is a restriction of, and an exception to one of the above rules, that all might prophesy; in which he would be understood of men only, and not of women; and is directed against a practice which seems to have prevailed in this church at Corinth, allowing women to preach and teach in it; and this being a disorderly practice, and what was not used in other churches, the apostle forbids and condemns, and not without reason: for it is not permitted unto them to speak ; that is, in public assemblies, in the church of God, they might not speak with tongues, nor prophesy, or preach, or teach the word. All speaking is not prohibited; they might speak their experiences to the church, or give an account of the work of God upon their souls; they might speak to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; or speak as an evidence in any case at a church meeting; but not in such sort, as carried in it direction, instruction, government, and authority. It was not allowed by God that they should speak in any authoritative manner in the church; nor was it suffered in the churches of Christ; nor was it admitted of in the Jewish synagogue; there, we are told f312 , the men came to teach, and the women [wml , to hear: and one of their canons runs thus f313 ; a woman may not read (that is, in the law), rwbxb , in the congregation, or church, because of the honour of the congregation; for they thought it a dishonourable thing to a public assembly for a woman to read, though they even allowed a child to do it that was capable of it. But they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law . In ( Genesis 3:16), thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. By this the apostle would signify, that the reason why women are not to speak in the church, or to preach and teach publicly, or be concerned in the ministerial function, is, because this is an act of power, and authority; of rule and government, and so contrary to that subjection which God in his law requires of women unto men. The extraordinary instances of Deborah, Huldah, and Anna, must not be drawn into a rule or example in such cases.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 26-33 - Religious exercises in public assemblies should have this view; Let all be done to edifying. As to the speaking in an unknown tongue, if another were present who could interpret, two miraculous gifts might be exercised at once, and thereby the church be edified, and the faith of the hearers confirmed at the same time. As to prophesying, two or thre only should speak at one meeting, and this one after the other, not all at once. The man who is inspired by the Spirit of God will observ order and decency in delivering his revelations. God never teaches me to neglect their duties, or to act in any way unbecoming their age of station.
Greek Textus Receptus
ου 3756 PRT-N γαρ 1063 CONJ εστιν 2076 5748 V-PXI-3S ακαταστασιας 181 N-GSF ο 3588 T-NSM θεος 2316 N-NSM αλλ 235 CONJ ειρηνης 1515 N-GSF ως 5613 ADV εν 1722 PREP πασαις 3956 A-DPF ταις 3588 T-DPF εκκλησιαις 1577 N-DPF των 3588 T-GPM αγιων 40 A-GPM
Vincent's NT Word Studies
33. Confusion (akatastasiav). See on commotions, Luke xxi. 9; and unruly, Jas. iii. 8. Compare 2 Cor. vi. 5.As in all the churches of the saints. Many connect these words with let the women, etc. The old arrangement is retained by Rev. and by Westcott and Hort, though the latter regard the words and the spirits - of peace as parenthetical. I see no good reason for departing from the old arrangement.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
14:33 {Not of confusion} (ou--katastasias). God is not a God of disorder, but of peace. We need this reminder today. {As in all the churches of the saints} (hws en pasais tais ekklesiais twn hagiwn). Orderly reverence is a mark of the churches. this is a proper conclusion of his argument as in #11:16.
