“And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;”
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit — the antithetical pair: methuskō ('be drunk') en oinō ('with wine') leads to asōtia ('debauchery,' profligacy); instead, plēroō ('be filled') en pneumati ('with the Spirit'), the Spirit's filling replacing intoxication.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 5:18
“Wherefore,” he adds, “be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is; and be not drunk with wine, wherein is riot.” For indeed intemperance in this renders men passionate and violent, and hot-headed, and irritable and savage. Wine has been given us for cheerfulness, not for drunkenness. Whereas now it appears to be an unmanly and contemptible thing for a man not to get drunk. And what sort of hope then is there of salvation? What? Contemptible, tell me, not…
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