1 Timothy 5:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities. ”

1 Timothy 5:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 gre...
1 Timothy 5:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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.
1 Timothy 5:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 Cori...
1 Timothy 5:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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. pu...
1 Timothy 5:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 keepi...
1 Timothy 5:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities. Drink no longer water, but use a little wine - The whole of this verse seems, to several learned criti...
1 Timothy 5:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 w...
1 Timothy 5:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
1 Timothy 5:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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.
1 Timothy 5:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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’...
1 Timothy 5:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 15 THE PASTOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES IN ORDAINING AND JUDGING PRESBYTERS-THE WORKS THAT GO BEFORE AND THAT FOLLOW US. - 1 Timothy 5:22-25 THE section of which these verses form the conclusi...
1 Timothy 5:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Impartial and Kindly Supervision 1 Timothy 5:17-25 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...
1 Timothy 5:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 bret...
1 Timothy 5:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 sudde...
1 Timothy 5:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
1 Timothy 5:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
1 Timothy 5:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
1 Timothy 5:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 youn...
1 Timothy 5:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Directions Concerning Elders; Concerning Church Discipline. A. D. 64. 17 Let the elders that...
1 Timothy 5:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 fle...
1 Timothy 5:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
1 Timothy 5:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
1 Timothy 5:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 fr...
1 Timothy 5:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Rules of Conduct with Regard to the Elders of the Congregation.
1 Timothy 5:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 3:3 ; 1 Timothy 4:4 ; Ephesians 5:18 ; Ezekiel 44:21 ; Leviticus 10:9-11 ; Proverbs 31:4-7 ; Psalms 104:15 ; Titus 1:7 ; Titus 2:3

1 Timothy 5:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Timothy 5:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Timothy 5:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Timothy 5:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Timothy 5:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Timothy 5:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Timothy 5:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Timothy 5:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Timothy 5:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Timothy 5:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Timothy 5:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Timothy 5:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Timothy 5:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Timothy 5:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Timothy 5:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Timothy 5:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Timothy 5:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Timothy 5:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Timothy 5:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Timothy 5:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Timothy 5:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Timothy 5:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Timothy 5:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Timothy 5:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Timothy 5:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge