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23 (Stop drinking just water, but use a little wine for your digestion[a] and your frequent illnesses.)[b] 24 The sins of some people are obvious, going before them into judgment, but for others, they show up later.[c] 25 Similarly good works are also obvious, and the ones that are not cannot remain hidden.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 5:23 tn Grk “for the sake of your stomach.”
  2. 1 Timothy 5:23 sn This verse gives parenthetical advice to Timothy, to clarify what it means to keep pure (5:22c). Verse 24 resumes the instructions about elders.
  3. 1 Timothy 5:24 tn Grk “they [the sins] follow after others.”