1 Timothy 5:23
Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.
World English Bible Classic
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
22Lay hands hastily on no one. Don’t be a participant in other people’s sins. Keep yourself pure.
24Some men’s sins are evident, preceding them to judgment, and some also follow later.
Cross References
Psalms 104:15wine that makes the heart of man glad, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man’s heart.
Ezekiel 44:21None of the priests shall drink wine when they enter into the inner court.
1 Timothy 3:3not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
1 Timothy 4:4For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.
Titus 2:3and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which 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 →