“I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.”
I desire, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling — the specific instruction (men lifting holy hands) evokes priestly imagery and echoes Psalm 134:2. Anger (orgē) and contention (dialogismos) corrupt intercession and must be purged for prayers to ascend.
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