1 Timothy 2:8

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

1Ki 3:11; 2Ch 33:11,12; Job 16:17; Ps 26:6; Ps 35:13; Ps 66:18; Ps 130:1,2; Ps 134:2; Pr 15:8; Pr 21:27; Isa 1:15; Isa 58:7-11; Jer 7:9,10; La 3:55,56; Jon 2:1,2; Mal 1:9,10; Mal 1:11; Mt 5:22-24,44; Mt 6:12,14,15; Mt 21:21; Mr 11:23,24; Mr 11:25; Lu 23:34; Lu 23:42,43; Joh 4:21,23,24; Ac 7:60; Ac 10:2,4,31; Ac 21:5; 1Co 7:7; 1Ti 5:14; Tit 3:8; Heb 10:22; Jas 1:6-8; Jas 4:8; 1Pe 3:7; 1Jo 3:20-22

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).