Key Verse Spotlight
1 Timothy 2:8 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.”
1 Timothy 2:8
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. {to...: or, a testimony}
Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, {and} lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; {broided: or, plaited}
But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
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