8I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.


In Context

5 For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, himself man, Christ Jesus,

6 who gave himself a ransom for all; the testimony to be borne in its own times;

7 whereunto I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth, I lie not), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

8 I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.

9 In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment;

10 but (which becometh women professing godliness) through good works.

1 Timothy 2:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:8I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:8I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:8I will therefore that men pray in every place, lifting up pure hands, without anger and contention.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:8I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8I will therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up pious hands, without wrath or reasoning.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8I wish, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up kind hands, apart from anger and reasoning;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:8I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.