1 Timothy 5:23 — No longer continue drinking [only] water, but use a little wine for the sake of… — AMP | maBible
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23 No longer continue drinking [only] water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.
Notes and references
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, i…