1 Timothy 5:23
Be no longer a drinker of water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
Revised Version 1895
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 man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
24Some men’s sins are evident, going before unto judgment; and some men also they follow after.
Cross References
Psalms 104:15And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengtheneth man’s heart.
Ezekiel 44:21Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
1 Timothy 3:3no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;
1 Timothy 4:4For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving:
Titus 2:3that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanour, 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 →