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1 Timothy 5:23

Sickness and healing

21 I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.

22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.

Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.

24 Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.

25 Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise can not be hid.

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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.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 104:15

    And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.

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  • Proverbs 31:4–7

    It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:

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  • 1 Timothy 4:4

    For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

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  • 1 Timothy 3:8

    Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

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  • 1 Timothy 3:3

    Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

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  • Titus 1:7

    For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

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  • Ephesians 5:18

    And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

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  • Titus 2:3

    The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

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