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1 Timothy 2:8

Context
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

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

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.”



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