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1 Timothy 2:8

Context
2:8 So I want the men¹ to pray² in every place, lifting up holy hands³ without anger or dispute.

1 Timothy 5:22

Context
5:22 Do not lay hands on anyone⁴ hastily and so identify with the sins of others.⁵ Keep yourself pure.

¹tn 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.

²sn 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.

³sn 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).

⁴tn In context “laying hands on anyone” refers to ordination or official installation of someone as an elder.

⁵tn Grk “and do not share in the sins of others.”

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