1 Timothy 5:23
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Do not still drink water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thy frequent infirmities.

1 Timothy 3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, but modest, not quarrelsome, not covetous, but

1 Timothy 4:4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected that is received with thanksgiving:

Leviticus 10:9-11 You shall not drink wine nor any thing that may make drunk, thou nor thy sons, when you enter into the tabernacle of the testimony, lest you die. Because it is an everlasting precept; through your generations: . . .

Psalm 104:15 And that wine may cheer the heart of man. That he may make the face cheerful with oil: and that bread may strengthen man's heart.

Proverbs 31:4-7 Give not to kings, O Lamuel, give not wine to kings: because there is no secret where drunkenness reigneth: . . .

Ezekiel 44:21 And no priest shall drink wine when he is to go into the inner court.

Ephesians 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is luxury: but be ye filled with the Holy Spirit,

Titus 1:7 For a bishop must be without crime, as the steward of God: not proud, not subject to anger, nor given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre:

Titus 2:3 The aged women, in like manner, in holy attire, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teaching well:

Context
A Charge to Timothy
22Impose not hands lightly upon any man, neither be partaker of other men's sins. Keep thyself chaste. 23Do not still drink water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thy frequent infirmities. 24Some men's sins are manifest, going before to judgment: and some men they follow after.…
Cross References
Acts 18:5
And when Silas and Timothy were come from Macedonia, Paul was earnest in preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

1 Timothy 3:8
Deacons in like manner: chaste, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre:

Lexicon
Stop drinking [only] water
ὑδροπότει (hydropotei)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 5202: From a compound of hudor and a derivative of pino; to be a water-drinker, i.e. To abstain from vinous beverages.

[and] use
χρῶ (chrō)
Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 5530: To use, make use of, deal with, take advantage of.

a little
ὀλίγῳ (oligō)
Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3641: Puny; especially neuter somewhat.

wine
οἴνῳ (oinō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3631: Wine. A primary word (yayin); 'wine'.

instead,
ἀλλὰ (alla)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.

because of
διὰ (dia)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.

[your]
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

stomach
στόμαχον (stomachon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4751: The stomach. From stoma; an orifice, i.e., the 'stomach'.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

your
σου (sou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

frequent
πυκνάς (pyknas)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 4437: Frequent, often, much. From the same as skenopoios; clasped, i.e. frequent; neuter plural frequently.

ailments.
ἀσθενείας (astheneias)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 769: From asthenes; feebleness; by implication, malady; morally, frailty.


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

No longer drink only water, but use a little wine, because of the stomach and your frequent ailments.

Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your often infirmities.

Be no longer a drinker of water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

Drink no longer only water, but use a little wine on account of thy stomach and thy frequent illnesses.

Be no longer a drinker of water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake, and thy frequent infirmities.



Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your frequent infirmities.

no longer be drinking water, but a little wine be using, because of thy stomach and of thine often infirmities;
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