1 Timothy 5:23 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²³Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

1 Timothy 5:23 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 104:15
And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
Proverbs 31:4-7
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: …
1 Timothy 4:4
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
1 Timothy 3:8
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
1 Timothy 3:3
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 17-25)

Here are directions, I. Concerning the supporting of ministers. Care must be taken that they be honourably maintained (1 Tim. 5:17): Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour (that is, of double maintenance, double to what they have had, or to what others have), especially those who labour in the word and doctrine, those who are more laborious than others. Observe, The presb…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 23)

23. no longer--as a habit. This injunction to drink wine occasionally is a modification of the preceding “keep thyself pure.” The presbyter and deacon were enjoined to be “not given to wine” (1Ti 3:3, 8). Timothy seems to have had a tendency to undue ascetical strictness on this point (compare Note, see on 1Ti 4:8; compare the Nazarene vow, Nu 6:1-4; John the Baptist, Lu 1:15; Ro 14). Paul therefo…