1 Timothy 2:8
Context2:8 So I want the men 1 to pray 2 in every place, lifting up holy hands 3 without anger or dispute.
1 Timothy 5:14
Context5:14 So I want younger women to marry, raise children, and manage a household, in order to give the adversary no opportunity to vilify us. 4
1 Timothy 6:9
Context6:9 Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
[2:8] 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.
[2:8] 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.
[2:8] 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).





