1 Timothy 5:23
(No longer be a water-drinker; but take a little wine for the sake of your digestion and your frequent ailments.)
Weymouth NT (1912)
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
22Do not ordain any one hastily; and do not be a partaker in the sins of others; keep *yourself* pure.
Cross References
1 Timothy 3:3not a hard drinker nor given to blows; not selfish or quarrelsome or covetous;
1 Timothy 4:4For everything that God has created is good, and nothing is to be cast aside, if only it is received with thanksgiving.
Titus 2:3In the same way exhort aged women to let their conduct be such as becomes consecrated persons. They must not be slanderers nor enslaved to wine-drinking. They must be 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 →