1 TIMOTHY 5:23 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.”
No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments — the parenthetical health note (Paul addresses Timothy's physical condition: stomach weakness and frequent infirmities) permits medicinal wine consumption, moderating ascetic tendencies. Christian discipline embraces bodily health.
Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 5:23
Having spoken of Bishops and Deacons, of men, and women, of widows and elders, and of all others, and having shown how great was the authority of a Bishop, now he was speaking of judgment, he has added, “I charge you before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels, that you observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.” Thus fearfully he charges him. For though Timothy was his beloved son, he did not therefore stand in awe…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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