A Call to Prayer

1 Timothy 2:8

In 9 translations

BSB: Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.Or in every place (of worship)
KJV: I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
WEB: I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting.
ASV: I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.
LSV: I intend, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, apart from anger and deliberation;
YLT: I wish, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up kind hands, apart from anger and reasoning;
DBY: I will therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up pious hands, without wrath or reasoning.
DRC: I will therefore that men pray in every place, lifting up pure hands, without anger and contention.
GNV: I will therefore that the men pray, euery where lifting vp pure hands without wrath, or douting.

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NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read διαλογισμοῦ (“dissension”); Westcott–Hort read διαλογισμῶν (“dissensions”).

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SBLGNT: διαλογισμοῦ. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read διαλογισμοῦ; Westcott and Hort (1881) read διαλογισμῶν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: Βούλομαι οὖν προσεύχεσθαι τοὺς ἄνδρας ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ, ἐπαίροντας ὁσίους χεῖρας χωρὶς ὀργῆς καὶ διαλογισμοῦ.
RP2018: Βούλομαι οὖν προσεύχεσθαι τοὺς ἄνδρας ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ, ἐπαίροντας ὁσίους χεῖρας, χωρὶς ὀργῆς καὶ διαλογισμοῦ.
TR-Boyd: Βούλομαι οὖν προσεύχεσθαι τοὺς ἄνδρας ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ, ἐπαίροντας ὁσίους χεῖρας, χωρὶς ὀργῆς καὶ διαλογισμοῦ.
SCR1894: βουλομαι ουν προσευχεσθαι τους ανδρας εν παντι τοπω επαιροντας οσιους χειρας χωρις οργης και διαλογισμου

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Prayer Anger Hand Adoration Holiness Strife Commandments Worship Gesture Minister, Christian

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Cross-references most cited first

Psalms 134:2Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD!
Psalms 63:4So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.
Hebrews 10:22let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Titus 3:8This saying is trustworthy. And I want you to emphasize these things, so that those who have believed God will take care to devote themselves to good deeds. These things are excellent and profitable for the people.
Luke 24:50When Jesus had led them out as far as Bethany, He lifted up His hands and blessed them.
James 4:8Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
John 4:23–24But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him. God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him…
Matthew 6:14–15For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.
1 Peter 3:7Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
Lamentations 3:55–56I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit. You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.”
Jeremiah 7:9–10Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are…
Acts 7:60Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
John 4:21“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
Acts 10:4Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.
Acts 21:5But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.

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