1 Timothy 5:23
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
Context
This verse from 1 Timothy Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. Treat older men as fathers, younger men as brothers. Honor widows who are truly widows. Younger widows should remarry to avoid idleness. Elders who rule well are worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching. Do …
Other Translations
Be no longer a drinker of water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
no longer be drinking water, but a little wine be using, because of thy stomach and of thine often infirmities;
Do not take only water as your drink, but take a little wine for the good of your stomach, and because you are frequently ill.
Cross References
Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of …
And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by …
And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which …
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: