The word "wives" is not found 1 Corinthians 14:35 and what about 1 Timothy 2 were the words husband and wife do not appear? Should both married women and unmarried woman "adorn themselves in modest apparel" (1 Timothy 2:9) or is this just for wives? Perhaps it is just for unmarried women. 1 Timothy 2 continues and Paul states:
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.......
I think it is safe to say that unmarried women may ask whom they wish because they don't have a husband who has "rule" over them. Genesis 3:16
In my response to Mem, I was specifically referencing 1 Cor 14:35.
If THEY want to inquire about something, they should ask their own HUSBANDS at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church. 1 Cor 14:35
Who is THEY referring to in
1 CORINTHIANS 14:35? Wives because unmarried women do not have husbands. Suggesting that UNMARRIED women have husbands is fallacy and misrepresentation of the truth.
Icetech said, "I think it is safe to say that unmarried women may ask whom they wish because they don't have a husband who has "rule" over them. Genesis 3:16"
That may be your thought process, but it's not what the Bible teaches. A unmarried woman shouldn't ask whoever about Christian matters. She should not ask an unbeliever, atheist or idolater because that would be unwise given that the Bible teaches Christians to stay away from people who are not followers of the Lord! 2 Cor 16:14 & Eph 5:5-7
Therefore, to suggest that it is SAFE for unmarried women to "ask whom they wish" about Christian matters is unbiblical and unwise advice.
Genesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, WHO WAS WITH HER, and he ate it.