1 Timothy 5:23-25
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.
24 [b]The sins of some people are conspicuous, leading the way for them into judgment [so that they are clearly not qualified for ministry]; but the sins of others appear later [for they are hidden and follow behind them]. 25 Likewise, good deeds are quite evident, and those which are otherwise cannot be hidden [indefinitely].
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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.
- 1 Timothy 5:24 VV 24, 25 continue the advice given in v 22 regarding the selection of church leaders.
1 Timothy 5:23-25
New International Version
23 Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine(A) because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.
24 The sins of some are obvious, reaching the place of judgment ahead of them; the sins of others trail behind them. 25 In the same way, good deeds are obvious, and even those that are not obvious cannot remain hidden forever.
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