1 Timothy 5:23

New English Translation

(Stop drinking just water, but use a little wine for your digestion and your frequent illnesses.)

Cross References

Psalm 104:15

as well as wine that makes people feel so good, and so they can have oil to make their faces shine, as well as food that sustains people’s lives.

Ezekiel 44:21

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

Acts 18:5

Now when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul became wholly absorbed with proclaiming the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

Ephesians 5:18

And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,

1 Timothy 3:3

not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money.

1 Timothy 3:8

Deacons likewise must be dignified, not two-faced, not given to excessive drinking, not greedy for gain,

1 Timothy 4:4

For every creation of God is good and no food is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.

Titus 1:7

For the overseer must be blameless as one entrusted with God’s work, not arrogant, not prone to anger, not a drunkard, not violent, not greedy for gain.

Titus 2:3

Older women likewise are to exhibit behavior fitting for those who are holy, not slandering, not slaves to excessive drinking, but teaching what is good.