As to men (contrasted with women, about whom he is about to give a different charge), they are not to quarrel and dispute, but, wherever they are, they are to pray. Men] RV 'the men,' that is, the male members of the Church. Doubting] RV 'disputing.' Lifting up holy hands] the gesture of the early Christians, and perhaps the most natural gesture in very earnest prayer.

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