Ephesians 5:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but ever be filled and stimulated with the [Holy] Spirit. [Prov. 23:20.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Don’t get drunk on wine, which produces depravity. Instead, be filled with the Spirit in the following ways:

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And do not choose to be inebriated by wine, for this is self-indulgence. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And be not drunk with wine, wherein is luxury; but be ye filled with the holy Spirit,

Ephesians 5:18 Cross References

Genesis 9:21

He drank some of the wine and became drunk, and he lay uncovered in his tent.

Psalm 69:12

I am the subject of gossip for those who sit in the gate, and the drunkards make songs about me.

Proverbs 20:1

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

Song of Solomon 1:4

Draw me after you; let us make haste. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you.

Song of Solomon 7:9

and your kisses like the best wine that goes down smoothly, gliding over lips and teeth.

Isaiah 25:6

On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear.

Isaiah 5:22

Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and valiant at mixing drink,

Isaiah 55:1

Hear, everyone who thirsts; come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Leviticus 10:9

“Drink no wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons, when you enter the tent of meeting, that you may not die; it is a statute forever throughout your generations.

Matthew 23:25

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

Matthew 24:49

and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eats and drinks with drunkards,

Luke 1:15

for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink; even before his birth he will be filled with the Holy Spirit.

Luke 11:13

If you, then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Luke 12:45

But if that slave says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the other slaves, men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

Luke 21:34

“Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life and that day does not catch you unexpectedly,

John 2:10

and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now.”

Acts 11:24

for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were brought to the Lord.

Romans 13:13

let us walk decently as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in illicit sex and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.

1 Corinthians 11:21

For when the time comes to eat, each of you proceeds to eat your own supper, and one goes hungry and another becomes drunk.

1 Corinthians 5:11

But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother or sister who is sexually immoral or greedy or an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler. Do not even eat with such a one.

1 Corinthians 6:10

thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, swindlers—none of these will inherit the kingdom of God.

Deuteronomy 21:20

They shall say to the elders of his town, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.’

1 Thessalonians 5:7

for those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night.

Titus 1:6

someone who is blameless, married only once, whose children are believers, not accused of debauchery and not rebellious.