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1 Timothy 5:23

Sickness and healing

21 I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to maintain these principles without bias, and to do nothing out of partiality.

22 Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.

24 The sins of some men are obvious, going ahead of them to judgment; but the sins of others do not surface until later.

25 In the same way, good deeds are obvious, and even the ones that are inconspicuous cannot remain hidden.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.
KJV
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
WEB
Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.
ASV
Be no longer a drinker of water, but use a little wine for thy stomach`s sake and thine often infirmities.
DARBY
Drink no longer only water, but use a little wine on account of thy stomach and thy frequent illnesses.
BLB
No longer drink water, but use a little wine, because of the stomach and your frequent ailments.
ÅB
Drikk ikke lenger bare vann, men nyt litt vin for din mave og dine jevnlige sykdommer.
OTB
Begrens deg ikke til å drikke bare vann, men bruk litt vin for din mages skyld og dine hyppige plager.
B1930
Drikk ikke lenger bare vann, men nyt litt vin for din mave og dine jevnlige sykdommer.

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