1 Timothy 5:23
Keep yourself pure. No longer drink water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and on account of your frequent sickness.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
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 quickly on no one, and be not partaker of other men's sins.
Cross References
1 Timothy 3:3not given to wine, not a controvertist; but gentle, peaceable, not a money lover;
1 Timothy 4:4Because every creature of God is good, and nothing rejected, being received with thanksgiving:
Titus 2:3likewise that the elderly women be reverent in demeanor, not tattlers, not given 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 →