23Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your frequent infirmities.


In Context

20 Those who sin, reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.

21 I command you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

22 Lay hands hastily on no one, neither be a participant in other men's sins. Keep yourself pure.

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

24 Some men's sins are evident, preceding them to judgment, and some also follow later.

25 In the same way also there are good works that are obvious, and those that are otherwise can't be hidden.

1 Timothy 5:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:23Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:23Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:23Be no longer a drinker of water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:23Drink no longer only water, but use a little wine on account of thy stomach and thy frequent illnesses.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:23Be no longer a drinker of water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:23Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake, and thy frequent infirmities.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:23no longer be drinking water, but a little wine be using, because of thy stomach and of thine often infirmities;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:23Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your often infirmities.