1 Timothy 2:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

It is my desire, then, that in every place men may give themselves to prayer, lifting up holy hands, without wrath or argument.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Βούλομαι οὖν προσεύχεσθαι τοὺς ἄνδρας ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ, ἐπαίροντας ὁσίους χεῖρας, χωρὶς ὀργῆς καὶ διαλογισμοῦ.

Transliteration

I boulomai therefore to proseuchesthai the andras in every topō, epairontas hosious cheiras, without orgēs and dialogismou.

Grammar Details

• *boulomai*: present middle indicative, 1st singular - I desire/wish/want
• *proseuchesthai*: present middle/passive infinitive - to pray
• *andras*: accusative, masculine, plural - men/males
• *topō*: dative, masculine, singular - place/location
• *epairontas*: present active participle, accusative, masculine, plural - lifting up
• *hosious*: accusative, feminine, plural - holy/pure/devout
• *cheiras*: accusative, feminine, plural - hands
• *orgēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - anger/wrath
• *dialogismou*: genitive, masculine, singular - dispute/argument/doubt

Word Meanings

• *boulomai*: I desire/wish/want/intend
• *proseuchesthai*: to pray/offer prayers
• *andras*: men/males/husbands
• *topō*: place/location/spot
• *epairontas*: lifting up/raising
• *hosious*: holy/pure/devout/pious
• *cheiras*: hands
• *orgēs*: anger/wrath/rage
• *dialogismou*: dispute/argument/doubt/disputing/reasoning

Referenced Verses

• Ps 134:2 : 2 Give praise to the Lord, lifting up your hands in his holy place.
• Ps 63:4 : 4 So will I go on blessing you all my life, lifting up my hands in your name.
• Jer 7:9-9 : 9 Will you take the goods of others, put men to death, and be untrue to your wives, and take false oaths, and have perfumes burned to the Baal, and go after other gods which are strange to you; 10 And come and take your place before me in this house, which is named by my name, and say, We have been made safe; so that you may do all these disgusting things?
• John 4:21 : 21 Jesus said to her, Woman, take my word for this; the time is coming when you will not give worship to the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.
• 1 Tim 5:14 : 14 So it is my desire that the younger widows may be married and have children, controlling their families, and giving the Evil One no chance to say anything against them,
• Titus 3:8 : 8 This is a true saying; and it is my desire that you may give certain witness about these things, so that those who have had faith in God may give attention to good works. These things are good and of profit to men;
• Isa 1:15 : 15 And when your hands are stretched out to me, my eyes will be turned away from you: even though you go on making prayers, I will not give ear: your hands are full of blood.
• Isa 58:7-9 : 7 Is it not to give your bread to those in need, and to let the poor who have no resting-place come into your house? to put a robe on the unclothed one when you see him, and not to keep your eyes shut for fear of seeing his flesh? 8 Then will light be shining on you like the morning, and your wounds will quickly be well: and your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will come after you. 9 Then at the sound of your voice, the Lord will give an answer; at your cry he will say, Here am I. If you take away from among you the yoke, the putting out of the finger of shame, and the evil word; 10 And if you give your bread to those in need of it, so that the troubled one may have his desire; then you will have light in the dark, and your night will be as the full light of the sun: 11 And the Lord will be your guide at all times; in dry places he will give you water in full measure, and will make strong your bones; and you will be like a watered garden, and like an ever-flowing spring.
• Heb 10:22 : 22 Let us go in with true hearts, in certain faith, having our hearts made free from the sense of sin and our bodies washed with clean water:
• Jas 1:6-8 : 6 Let him make his request in faith, doubting nothing; for he who has doubt in his heart is like the waves of the sea, which are troubled by the driving of the wind. 7 Let it not seem to such a man that he will get anything from the Lord; 8 For there is a division in his mind, and he is uncertain in all his ways.
• Jas 4:8 : 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.
• 1 Pet 3:7 : 7 And you husbands, give thought to your way of life with your wives, giving honour to the woman who is the feebler vessel, but who has an equal part in the heritage of the grace of life; so that you may not be kept from prayer.
• 1 John 3:20-22 : 20 When our heart says that we have done wrong; because God is greater than our heart, and has knowledge of all things. 21 My loved ones, if our heart does not say that we have done wrong, we have no fear before him; 22 And he gives us all our requests, because we keep his laws and do the things which are pleasing in his eyes.
• John 4:23-24 : 23 But the time is coming, and is even now here, when the true worshippers will give worship to the Father in the true way of the spirit, for these are the worshippers desired by the Father. 24 God is Spirit: then let his worshippers give him worship in the true way of the spirit.
• Acts 7:60 : 60 And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this sin. And when he had said this, he went to his rest.
• Acts 10:2 : 2 A serious-minded man, fearing God with all his family; he gave much money to the poor, and made prayer to God at all times.
• Acts 10:4 : 4 And he, looking on him in fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your offerings have come up to God, and he has kept them in mind.
• Acts 10:31 : 31 Who said, Cornelius, your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your offerings are kept in his memory.
• Acts 21:5 : 5 And when these days came to an end, we went on our journey; and they all, with their wives and children, came with us on our way till we were out of the town: and after going on our knees in prayer by the sea,
• 1 Cor 7:7 : 7 It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that.
• Lam 3:55-56 : 55 I was making prayer to your name, O Lord, out of the lowest prison. 56 My voice came to you; let not your ear be shut to my breathing, to my cry.
• Jonah 2:1-2 : 1 And the Lord made ready a great fish to take Jonah into its mouth; and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights. 2 Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said,
• Mal 1:9-9 : 9 And now, make request for the grace of God so that he may have mercy on us: this has been your doing: will he give his approval to any of you? says the Lord of armies. 10 If only there was one among you who would see that the doors were shut, so that you might not put a light to the fire on my altar for nothing! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of armies, and I will not take an offering from your hands. 11 For, from the coming up of the sun till its going down, my name is great among the Gentiles; and in every place the smell of burning flesh is offered to my name, and a clean offering: for my name is great among the Gentiles, says the Lord of armies.
• Matt 5:22-24 : 22 But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire. 23 If then you are making an offering at the altar and there it comes to your mind that your brother has something against you, 24 While your offering is still before the altar, first go and make peace with your brother, then come and make your offering.
• Matt 5:44 : 44 But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;
• Matt 6:12 : 12 And make us free of our debts, as we have made those free who are in debt to us.
• Matt 6:14-15 : 14 For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven. 15 But if you do not let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will not have forgiveness from your Father for your sins.
• Matt 21:21 : 21 And Jesus in answer said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith, without doubting, not only may you do what has been done to the fig-tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and put into the sea, it will be done.
• Mark 11:23-25 : 23 Truly I say to you, Whoever says to this mountain, Be taken up and be put into the sea; and has no doubt in his heart, but has faith that what he says will come about, he will have his desire. 24 For this reason I say to you, Whatever you make a request for in prayer, have faith that it has been given to you, and you will have it. 25 And whenever you make a prayer, let there be forgiveness in your hearts, if you have anything against anyone; so that you may have forgiveness for your sins from your Father who is in heaven.
• Luke 23:34 : 34 And Jesus said, Father, let them have forgiveness, for they have no knowledge of what they are doing. And they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.
• Luke 23:42-43 : 42 And he said, Jesus, keep me in mind when you come in your kingdom. 43 And he said to him, Truly I say to you, Today you will be with me in Paradise.
• Luke 24:50 : 50 And he took them out till they were near Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he gave them a blessing.
• Ps 66:18 : 18 I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:
• Ps 130:1-2 : 1 <A Song of the going up.> Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord. 2 Lord, let my voice come before you: let your ears be awake to the voice of my prayer.
• Prov 15:8 : 8 The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.
• Prov 21:27 : 27 The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!
• 1 Kgs 3:11 : 11 And God said to him, Because your request is for this thing, and not for long life for yourself or for wealth or for the destruction of your haters, but for wisdom to be a judge of causes;
• 2 Chr 33:11-12 : 11 So the Lord sent against them the captains of the army of Assyria, who made Manasseh a prisoner and took him away in chains to Babylon. 12 And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,
• Job 16:17 : 17 Though my hands have done no violent acts, and my prayer is clean.
• Ps 24:4 : 4 He who has clean hands and a true heart; whose desire has not gone out to foolish things, who has not taken a false oath.
• Ps 26:6 : 6 I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;
• Ps 35:13 : 13 But as for me, when they were ill I put on the clothing of sorrow: I went without food and was sad, and my prayer came back again to my heart.