1 Timothy 5:23
Do not continue to drink nothing but water, but take a little wine for your stomach’s sake, and your frequent attacks of illness.
Montgomery New Testament
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
22Never ordain any one hastily, nor take part in the wrong-doing of others. Keep yourself pure.
Cross References
1 Timothy 3:3no drinker or brawler; but forbearing, peaceable, and no money- lover;
1 Timothy 4:4For everything that God has created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if only it is received with thankfulness.
Titus 2:3that older women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers or slaves to much wine, but teachers of what is right.
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 →