5:23 (Stop drinking just water, but use a little wine for your digestion 1 and your frequent illnesses.) 2
1 Timothy 6:4
6:4 he is conceited and understands nothing, but has an unhealthy interest in controversies and verbal disputes. This gives rise to envy, dissension, slanders, evil suspicions,
1 tnGrk “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.