Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
I desire (boulomai). So Philippians 1:12.
The men (touv andrav). Accusative of general reference with the infinitive proseuxesqai. The men in contrast to "women" (gunaikav) in I Timothy 2:9. It is public worship, of course, and "in every place" (en panti topw) for public worship. Many modern Christians feel that there were special conditions in Ephesus as in Corinth which called for strict regulations on the women that do not always apply now.
Lifting up holy hands (epairontav osiouv xeirav). Standing to pray. Note also osiouv used as feminine (so in Plato) with xeirav instead of osiav. The point here is that only men should lead in public prayer who can lift up "clean hands" (morally and spiritually clean). See Luke 24:50. Adverb osiwv in I Thessalonians 2:10 and osiothv in Ephesians 4:24.
Without wrath and disputing (xwriv orghv kai dialogismou). See Philippians 2:14.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Timothy 2:8:
Acts 21:9
1 Timothy 2:9
1 Timothy 5:14
Titus 3:8
James 2:4
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