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1 Timothy 5

1 Timothy 5:23

A Charge to Timothy · 1 Timothy 5:21–25
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Translations

Modern
Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.
Traditional
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
Literal
No longer drink water, but use a little wine, because of the stomach and your frequent ailments.
Latin
Noli adhuc aquam bibere, sed modico vino utere propter stomachum tuum, et frequentes tuas infirmitates.

Original

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

Notes

1 Timothy 5:23

The concern with being pure might have been excessive regarding wine or food (5:22; see 3:3; Numbers 6:1–21; 1 Corinthians 10:21). People may have considered wine as medicine.

1 Timothy 5:17–25

Elders: In Judaism, community leaders were usually older men who led the wider community. The letters to Timothy acknowledge an office of elders (Greek presbuteroi) called "overseers" (see also 3:1–7). Titus lists both offices (Titus 1:5–9). But the term also refers to older men in the community (as in 1 Timothy 4:14; Titus 1:5; 1 Timothy 5:1).

1 Timothy 5:1–6:2

Proper behavior in God's spiritual household involves everyone, including:

Showing respect within the household goes beyond social boundaries.

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