Ephesians 5:18

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Summary

Ephesians 5:18

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Be not

Excess

Matthew 23:25

1 Peter 4:3

But

General references

1 Timothy 5:23

Bible References

Be not

and begins to beat the other slaves, and eats and drinks with drunkards,

But if the slave says to himself, 'My master is not coming back for a long time,' and begins to beat the men and women slaves and to eat and drink and get drunk,

But take care that your hearts are not loaded down with self-indulgence and drunkenness and worldly cares, and that day takes you by surprise, like a trap.

Let us live honorably, as in the light of day, not in carousing and drunkenness, or in immorality and indecency, or in quarreling and jealousy.

What I meant was that you are not to associate with anyone who is supposed to be a Christian brother, and yet is immoral or greedy or idolatrous or abusive or drunken or grasping??ith such a person you must not even eat.

or thieves or greedy??runkards, abusive people, robbers??ill not have any share in God's kingdom.

for each of you hurries to get his own supper and eat it, and one goes hungry while another gets drunk.

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you as I did before that people who do such things will have no share in the Kingdom of God.

For those who sleep sleep at night and those who get drunk do so at night,

Excess

Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

You have spent time enough in the past in doing as the heathen like to do, indulging in sensuality, passion, drunkenness, carousing, dissipation, and detestable idolatry.

But

So if you, bad as you are, know enough to give your children what is good, how much more surely will your Father in heaven give the holy Spirit to those who ask him for it!"

But others said derisively, "They have had too much new wine!"

for he was an excellent man, full of the holy Spirit and faith. So a considerable number of people came over to the Lord.

But what the Spirit produces is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

General references

Stop drinking nothing but water; take a little wine for the good of your digestion and for your frequent attacks of illness.