God is not a God of disorder but of peace.

God has given spiritual gifts to the church but in some cases these have been abused and brought disorder into church gatherings. In this passage we find the apostle Paul writing to correct abuses of these gifts … especially tongues and prophecy.

He writes to the church and says that the use of gifts must be intelligible to people, both those inside as well as those outside. The point at which a line has been crossed is when order becomes disorder. The fruit of Christian living and worship should be self-control so that worship does not defeat its purpose.

There was also a problem with the place of women in the church in Corinth. What the apostle wrote here about women being quiet in the meetings needs to be understood in the context of the whole letter (especially Ch 11). Here he is only telling some women to be quiet not all. The problem appears to be that they were abruptly interrupting their husbands when they were speaking. The church should always remember that Jesus died to give them their spiritual gifts.