1 Timothy 2:8

2:8 So I want the men ¹  to pray ²  in every place, lifting up holy hands ³  without anger or dispute.

1 Timothy 4:4

4:4 For every creation of God is good and no food ⁴  is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.

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¹ tn The word translated “men” here (ἀνήρ, anhr) refers to adult males, not people in general. Note the command given to “the women” in v. 9.

² sn To pray. In this verse Paul resumes and concludes the section about prayer begun in 2:1-2. 1 Tim 2:3-7 described God’s concern for all people as the motive for such prayer.

³ sn Paul uses a common ancient posture in prayer (lifting up holy hands) as a figure of speech for offering requests from a holy life (without anger or dispute).

⁴ tn Grk “nothing.”