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-# Connecting Statement:
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-Paul finishes his instructions on prayer and then gives some special instructions for women.
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 # I want men in every place to pray and to lift up holy hands
 
-Here "holy hands" is a metonym for a holy person. Alternate translation: "I want holy men in every place to lift up their hands and pray" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+"I want holy men in every place to lift up their hands and pray" 
 
 # men in every place