Verse 8
8. I will I determine. The expression of apostolic authority, decisive with Timothy and the Ephesian Churches.
Men In antithesis with women in 1 Timothy 2:9; as assuming that public worship would be usually conducted by men. Every where In all Timothy’s Churches; and, by implication, in all other places of worship.
Lifting up The ordinary, if not the natural, gesture of prayer; either as a motion of offering to God, or more probably as the natural movement of helplessness seeking aid.
Holy hands Pure hands, as innocent of wrongdoing, or purified therefrom by penitence, pardon, and sanctification. So Psalms 26:6: “I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar.” As the hands should be holy the heart should possess pure love without wrath, and pure faith without doubting. We must cast out every malevolent feeling towards man before we can come with perfect trust before God.
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