1 Timothy 5:23

5:23 (Stop drinking just water, but use a little wine for your digestion ¹  and your frequent illnesses.) ² 

1 Timothy 3:8

3:8 Deacons likewise must be dignified, ³  not two-faced, ⁴  not given to excessive drinking, ⁵  not greedy for gain,

¹ tn Grk “for the sake of your stomach.”

² sn This verse gives parenthetical advice to Timothy, to clarify what it means to keep pure (5:22c). Verse 24 resumes the instructions about elders.

³ tn Or “respectable, honorable, of serious demeanor.”

⁴ tn Or “insincere,” “deceitful”; Grk “speaking double.”

⁵ tn Grk “not devoted to much wine.”