1 Timothy 5:23

English Standard Version 2016

(No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.)

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and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man’s heart.

For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain.

Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good,

For an overseer, as God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,

not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

No priest shall drink wine when he enters the inner court.

When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.