1 Timothy 5:23
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Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.
In other translations
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.
Greek words
μηκέτιmēketiNo longerG3371ὑδροπότει,hudropoteido drink [only] water,G5202ἀλλ᾽all᾽butG235οἴνῳoinōwineG3631ὀλίγῳoligōa littleG3641χρῶchrōdo useG5530διὰdiabecause ofG1223τὸνtontheG3588στόμαχονstomachonstomachG4751σουsouof youG4771καὶkaiandG2532τὰςtastheG3588πυκνάςpuknasfrequentG4437σουsouof youG4771ἀσθενείας.astheneiasailments.G769
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- 1 Timothy 4:4For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,
- 1 Timothy 3:8Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.
- 1 Timothy 3:3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
- Ezekiel 44:21Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.
- Titus 2:3The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.
- Ephesians 5:18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
- Titus 1:7For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.
- Leviticus 10:9-119 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations: 10 And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; 11 And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.9 “You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to come. 10 You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean, 11 so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”
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