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1 Timothy 5:23
Expanded Bible
1 Timothy 5:23
Expanded Bible
23 Stop drinking only water, but drink a little wine to help your stomach and your frequent sicknesses.
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1 Timothy 5:23
Amplified Bible
1 Timothy 5:23
Amplified Bible
23 No longer [a]continue drinking [only] water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.
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- 1 Timothy 5:23 Timothy, whose mother was Jewish (Acts 16:1), may have voluntarily taken a lifelong vow to abstain from wine, as Nazirites (from the Hebrew “devoted” or “consecrated”) sometimes did (cf Samson, Judg 13:7). Evidently he never developed a tolerance for water, which was often contaminated and which, in the absence of wine, he would have to drink.
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