Geneva Study Bible Commentary
1 Timothy 5:23
(19) Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
(19) The sixth rule: let the elders have consideration for their health, in their diet.
(19) Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
(19) The sixth rule: let the elders have consideration for their health, in their diet.
Verse 23. _DRINK NO LONGER WATER, BUT USE A LITTLE WINE_] The whole of this verse seems, to several learned critics and divines, strangely inserted in this place; it might have been, according to the...
DRINK NO LONGER WATER - There has been much difficulty felt in regard to the connection which this advice has with what precedes and what follows. Many have considered the difficulty to be so great th...
V. INSTRUCTIONS AND EXHORTATIONS CHAPTER 5 _ 1. Concerning widows (1 Timothy 5:1)_ 2. Concerning elders (1 Timothy 5:17) 3. Responsibility and personal instructions (1 Timothy 5:22)...
ELDERS. In 1 Timothy 3:1 * Paul discusses _qualifications_ for eldership, here he gives Timothy rules for its _supervision._ (_a)_ On the principle of Scripture (Deuteronomy 25:4, _cf._ 1 Corinthians...
THE DUTY TO REPRIMAND (1 Timothy 5:1-2)...
DRINK... WATER. Greek. _hudropoteo_. Only here. NO LONGER. Greek. _meketi_. FOR... SAKE. App-104. 1 Timothy 5:2. STOMACH'S. Greek. _stomachos_. Only here. OFTEN = frequent. Greek. _puknos_. See Lu...
_Drink no longer water_ The form of the verb and its tense require the fuller rendering of R.V., BE NO LONGER A DRINKER OF WATER. The connexion seems to be; -you have, I know, among other means of tra...
Timothy's duties in regard to Presbyters Timothy's official treatment of the presbyters follows, and his personal bearing as requisite for this. The same general subject runs throughout, though (as n...
Rec. text has σου after στόμαχον with D2cGKL and most versions; _om_. אAD2*P. 23. ἉΓΝΕΊΑ does not refer only to bodily purity and discipline; it is rather concerned with purity of intention and singl...
ΜΗΚΈΤΙ (G3371) больше не. ΎΔΡΟΠΌΤΕΙ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΎΔΡΟΠΟΤΈΩ (G5202) пить воду. Указание не пить воду мог быть вызвать исключительно тем фактом, что загрязненная вода привела к болезни желудк...
DRINK NO LONGER WATER— One cannot forbear reflecting here, how very temperate Timothy must have been, to need an advice of this kind, which amounts to no more than mingling a little wine with his wate...
CARE OF ELDERS. 1 Timothy 5:17-25 _TEXT 5:17-25_ 17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching. 18 For the scripture saith...
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities. NO LONGER - as a habit. This injunction to drink wine occasionally modifies "keep thyself pure." The...
19 Unless sufficient evidence to establish his guilt is produced, no charge against an elder is to be entertained. A single witness may be mistaken, or biased: he must be corroborated by one or more o...
3 Translators have experienced much difficulty with this opening sentence, because it seemed to lack the principal verb. The A V adds _ so do_, the Revisers _ so do I now_. It is very seldom that any...
REGARDING WIDOWS AND ACCUSATIONS AGAINST ELDERS 1. Rebuke] This shows the authority which Timothy exercised. AN ELDER] i.e. an elderly man, not one officially so named....
RESUMPTION OF CHARGE TO TIMOTHY as to presbyters. (1) Presbyters distinguished by their zeal, specially those distinguished in preaching and catechising, are to have higher honour and a larger stipend...
HOW TO BE A LEADER IN THE CHURCH 1 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 5 ABOUT PERSONAL ATTITUDES AND RELATIONS (5:1-2) V1 Do not correct an older man with hard words. But appeal to him as if he wer...
DRINK NO LONGER WATER, BUT USE A LITTLE WINE FOR THY STOMACH’S SAKE AND THINE OFTEN INFIRMITIES. — Those who argue that this Epistle was the artificial composition of an age subsequent to St. Paul’s,...
CHAPTER 15 THE PASTOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES IN ORDAINING AND JUDGING PRESBYTERS-THE WORKS THAT GO BEFORE AND THAT FOLLOW US. - 1 Timothy 5:22 THE section of which these verses form the conclusion, like...
μηκέτι ὑδροπότει : An adequate explanation of this seemingly irrelevant direction is that since there is a certain degree of ambiguity in ἁγνός, St. Paul thought it necessary to guard against any poss...
What I have been saying about the support of widows reminds me of another question of Church finance: the payment of presbyters. Equity and scriptural principles suggest that they should be remunerate...
IMPARTIAL AND KINDLY SUPERVISION 1 Timothy 5:17 A man of years was always to be honored, and if he were called to rule in the church, he was to be treated with double honor; but none should be appoin...
Timothy's demeanor toward men and women was now described, and demands careful study and attention. As for men, seniors are to be treated with respect, while the younger men are to be treated as breth...
FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING PROPER CHRISTIAN CONDUCT There can be no doubt that Timothy refrained from drinking any wine, because of what the apostle wrote to him in 1 Timothy 5:23. Paul urged him...
(21) I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality. (22) Lay hands sudden...
1 Timothy 1:1-20. We enter now on the confidential communications of the apostle to some of his fellow-labourers, and tonight on the epistles to Timothy. The two have much in common, but they have als...
23_No longer drink water _There are some who conjecture that this sentence, which breaks off the train of thought, was not written by Paul. But we see that Paul was not so anxious about keeping up the...
Having thus considered the labourer, the apostle returns to the details of the work, in which Timothy was to display his diligence and watchful care. Everywhere here the subject is that which is suita...
DRINK NO LONGER WATER,.... Though it was commendable in him to keep under his body, as the apostle did, by abstemious living, and not pamper the flesh and encourage the lusts of it, and so preserve pu...
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities. Ver. 23. _Drink no longer water_] Timothy, living among the luxurious Ephesians, was so abstemious tha...
_Lay hands suddenly_ And rashly; _on no man_ That is, appoint no man to church offices without full trial and examination: otherwise thou wilt be accessary to, and accountable for, his mis-behaviour i...
DRINK NO LONGER WATER; water merely. A LITTLE WINE; as a medicine, on account of his bodily infirmities....
RULES OF CONDUCT WITH REGARD TO THE ELDERS OF THE CONGREGATION....
DRINK NO LONGER WATER, BUT USE A LITTLE WINE FOR THY STOMACH'S SAKE AND THINE OFTEN INFIRMITIES....
In this section we are faced with more detailed, practical responsibilities in reference to the various relationships in which one may be found. This is wholesome, sobering instruction. First, a young...
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities. 1. Water - Why should we not drink water? Does this verse prohibit the drinking of water? 2. Wine - W...
“NO LONGER DRINK WATER EXCLUSIVELY”: Contrary to the claims of some writers, everyone in the First Century was not drinking wine as the only available beverage and there was water that was pure and cl...
17-25 Care must be taken that ministers are maintained. And those who are laborious in this work are worthy of double honour and esteem. It is their just due, as much as the reward of the labourer. T...
DRINK NO LONGER WATER; not wholly, as many did in those countries, and Timothy probably did, not because he was not able to buy wine, but religiously, as a piece of discipline to keep under the flesh....
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II "Use a little wine," says the apostle to Timothy, who drank water, "for thy stomach's sake; "[55] Tertullian De Corona mentions that he ordered Hezekiah...
1 Timothy 5:23 longer G3371 water G5202 (G5720) but G235 use G5530 (G5737) little G3641 wine G3631 for...
1 Timothy 5:23. DRINK NO LONGER WATER. The interpretation thus given of the previous counsel seems to me to afford the only natural and tenable answer to the question why a matter apparently so irrele...
BE NO LONGER A DRINKER OF WATER (μηκετ υδροποτε). Present active imperative (prohibition) of υδροποτεω, old verb (from υδροποτης, water drinker, υδωρ, πινω), here only in N.T. Not complete ascetici...
CONTENTS: Work of a good minister of Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Timothy, Satan. CONCLUSION: Ministers of Jesus Christ are reprovers by office, for they are not alone to preach the Word, b...
1 Timothy 5:1. _Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father._ Job's three princely friends not only mistook his case, but were severe in their reprehensions; and were themselves reprehended of th...
BUT TAKE A LITTLE WINE. Probably the false teachers prohibited the light wines that were then used. Compare notes on 1 Timothy 4:3; Colossians 2:16; John 2:10. This gives some indication of Timothy's...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 5:17 Honoring elders includes providing for them financially and being careful in handling accusations against them. ⇐...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 5:23 How this verse connects to the rest of the paragraph is not entirely clear. People concerned with purity often drank ONLY WATER. Paul makes it clear that there would b...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Timothy 5:17. COUNTED WORTHY OF DOUBLE HONOUR.—If the honour is remuneration, this double honour, denoting competent reward as well as respect, is like Costard’s “g...
EXPOSITION 1 TIMOTHY 5:1 _Exhort _for _intreat_,_ _A.V.; _and _omitted. REBUKE NOT (μὴ ἐπιπλήξης); only here in the New Testament for the more usual ἐπιτιμάω (2 Timothy 4:2, and frequently in th...
Ver. 23. _No longer drink water_ that is, water exclusively _but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake, and thy frequent ailments._ The direction here given is in itself plain enough. For some reas...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to First Timothy chapter five? Paul is a spiritual father to Timothy, Timothy's mentor. He looks upon him as a son; in fact, he calls him his son in the faith. Timothy...
1 Timothy 3:3; 1 Timothy 4:4; Ephesians 5:18; Ezekiel 44:21;...
Drink no longer water [μ η κ ε τ ι υ δ ρ ο π ο τ ε ι]. The verb N. T. o. o LXX Rend. be no longer a drinker of water. Timothy is not enjoined to abstain from water, but is bidden not to be a water - d...
Was Paul recommending wine-drinking for Christians? PROBLEM: The Bible repeatedly warns against abuse of strong drink and drunkenness (Proverbs 20:1; Proverbs 31:4; Isaiah 24:9;...
Note here, 1. There is. lawful use of wine to support nature, not to clog it; to cure infirmities, not to cause them: drink it Timothy might medically, and no doubt for cheerfulness and alacrity, that...