1 Timothy 5:23

You should no longer drink water. Instead, you should take a little wine for the stomach and your frequent sicknesses.

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In The King James Version

Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.

In Context

22Place hands hastily on no one. Do not share in the sins of another person. You should keep yourself pure.

24The sins of some people are openly known, and they go before them into judgment. But some sins follow later.

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Cross References

Psalms 104:15He makes wine to make man happy, 1 oil to make his face shine, 1 and food to sustain his life. 1

Ezekiel 44:21No priest may drink wine when he comes to the inner court,

1 Timothy 3:3He must not be addicted to wine, not a brawler, but instead, gentle, peaceful. He must not be a lover of money.

1 Timothy 4:4For everything created by God is good. Nothing that we take with thanksgiving is to be rejected.

Titus 2:3Teach older women likewise to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or being slaves to much wine, but to be teachers of what is good.

Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 5:18-25

Directions Concerning Elders; Concerning Church Discipline. ( a. d. 64.) 17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. 18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward. 19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses. 20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear. 21 I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus… Read the whole commentary →

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