Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit;

New American Standard Bible

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless actions, but be filled by the Spirit:

International Standard Version

Stop getting drunk with wine, which leads to wild living, but keep on being filled with the Spirit.

A Conservative Version

And do not become intoxicated with wine, during which is debauchery, but be filled in Spirit,

American Standard Version

And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

Amplified

Do not get drunk with wine, for that is wickedness (corruption, stupidity), but be filled with the [Holy] Spirit and constantly guided by Him.

An Understandable Version

And do not get drunk on wine, which results in ruined lives, but be filled with the Holy Spirit.

Anderson New Testament

And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit;

Bible in Basic English

And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;

Common New Testament

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit,

Daniel Mace New Testament

do not drink to excess, for that tends to dissoluteness, but be regal'd with spiritual entertainments:

Darby Translation

And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit,

Godbey New Testament

Be not drunk with wine, in which there is riot, but be ye filled with the Spirit;

Goodspeed New Testament

Do not get drunk on wine, for that is profligacy, but be filled with the Spirit,

John Wesley New Testament

And be not drunken with wine,

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

And do not be drunk with wine (in which is dissipation), but be filled by the Spirit,

Modern King James verseion

And do not be drunk with wine, in which is excess, but be filled with the Spirit,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess: but be fulfilled with the spirit,

Moffatt New Testament

and do not get drunk with wine ??that means profligacy ??but be filled with the Spirit,

Montgomery New Testament

Do not be drunk with wine, in which is riotous living, but drink deep in the Spirit,

NET Bible

And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,

New Heart English Bible

Do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

Noyes New Testament

And be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled with the Spirit,

Sawyer New Testament

And be not drunk with wine, in which is excess, but be filled with the spirit,

The Emphasized Bible

And be not getting drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be getting filled in Spirit; -

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And be not drunk with wine, in which there is sottishness, but be filled with the Spirit;

Twentieth Century New Testament

Do not drink wine to excess, for that leads to profligacy; but seek to be filled with the Spirit of God, and speak to one another in psalms and hymns and sacred songs.

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

Do not over-indulge in wine--a thing in which excess is so easy--

Williams New Testament

Stop getting drunk on wine, for that means profligacy, but ever be filled with the Spirit,

World English Bible

Don't be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

Worrell New Testament

And be not drunken with wine, in which is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

Worsley New Testament

And be not drunk with wine, in which there is riotous excess; but be filled with the Spirit:

Youngs Literal Translation

and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

be
μεθύσκω 
methusko 
be drunken, be drunk
Usage: 2

not
μή 
me 
not, no, that not, God forbid 9, lest, neither, no man , but, none, not translated,
Usage: 493

μεθύσκω 
methusko 
be drunken, be drunk
Usage: 2

with
ἐν 
En 
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128
Usage: 2128

οἶνος 
Oinos 
Usage: 21

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

is
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585

ἀσωτία 
Asotia 
Usage: 3

but
ἀλλά 
Alla 
but, yea, yet, nevertheless, howbeit, nay, therefore, save, not tr,
Usage: 461

be filled
πληρόω 
Pleroo 
Usage: 68

Devotionals

Devotionals about Ephesians 5:18

Devotionals containing Ephesians 5:18

Images Ephesians 5:18

Context Readings

Being Filled By The Spirit

17 For this be not foolish, but understanding what the will of the Lord. 18 And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit; 19 Speaking to yourselves on harps, and songs, and spiritual odes, singing and playing on the harp in your heart to the Lord;



Cross References

Proverbs 20:1

Wine is mocking, strong drink is noisy: and every one going astray by it will not be wise.

1 Corinthians 5:11

And now I wrote to you not to mix together, if any called a brother is a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or intoxicated, or rapacious; not to eat with such.

Luke 1:15

For he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and fermented liquor he should not drink; and with the Holy Spirit shall he be filled, even from his mother's womb.

Romans 13:13

As in the day, let us walk becomingly; not in revelries and drunkenness, not in coition and licentiousness, not in strife and envy.

1 Thessalonians 5:7

For they sleeping sleep in the night; and they drunken are drunken in the night.

Genesis 9:21

And he will drink of the wine and he will be intoxicated, and will be uncovered within his tent

Deuteronomy 21:20

And they said to the old men of of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he heard not to our voice; he is vile, and drinking to excess.

Isaiah 5:22

Wo to the strong to drink wine, and men of strength to mix strong drink:

Luke 12:45

And if that servant should say in his heart, My Lord delays to come; and should begin to strike the servants and maids, also to eat and drink, and to be intoxicated;

Luke 21:34

And attend to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be loaded with dizziness, caused by excess, and drunkenness, and cares of life, and that day come upon you unexpectedly.

1 Corinthians 6:10

Nor thieves; nor covetous, nor intoxicated, nor railers, nor rapacious, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

1 Peter 4:3-4

For the time of life passed over sufficient for us to have wrought the will of the nations, having gone in licentiousness, eager desires, drunkenness, revellings, drinkings, and criminal idolatries:

Genesis 19:32-35

Come, we will give to our father wine to drink, and we will lie down with him, and we shall preserve alive seed from our father.

Psalm 63:3-5

For thy mercy was good more than life; my lips shall praise thee.

Psalm 69:12

They sitting in the gate will speak against me, and I was but the music of stringed instruments, of strong drink

Proverbs 23:20-21

Thou shalt not be with those drinking wine to excess, and with squanderers of flesh to them:

Proverbs 23:29-35

To whom wo? to whom want? to whom strife? to whom complaint? to whom wounds gratuitously? to whom dark fleshings of the eyes?

Song of Songs 1:4

Draw me, we will run after thee: the king brought me to his chambers: we will exult and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy breasts above wine: the upright loved thee.

Song of Songs 7:9

And thy palate as good wine going to my beloved for uprightness, causing the lips of the sleeping to flow softly.

Isaiah 5:11-13

Wo to those rising early in the morning, they will follow strong drink; remaining in the evening, wine will inflame them.

Isaiah 25:6

Jehovah of armies will make to all peoples in this mountain a drinking of fatness, a drinking of lees of wine, fatness of marrows, strained lees of wine.

Isaiah 55:1

Ho, every one thirsting, Come ye to the waters, and whom there is not to him silver, come ye, buy and eat; and come ye, and buy without silver and without price, wine and milk.

Zechariah 9:15-17

Jehovah of armies shall protect over them; and they devoured and subdued with the stones of the sling; and they drank, they made a noise as from wine; and they filled as the vase, as the corners of the altar.

Matthew 23:25

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup, and the side dish of sweet-meats, and within they are full of pillage and bad mixture.

Matthew 24:49

And he should begin to strike the fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with those intoxicated;

Luke 11:13

If then ye, being evil, know to give good gifts to your children; how much more the Father, be from heaven, will give the Holy Spirit to them asking him ?

Acts 2:13-18

And others mocking. said, That they are filled with new wine.

Acts 11:24

For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and a crowd sufficient were added to the Lord.

1 Corinthians 11:21

For each takes his own supper in eating: and one is truly hungry, and one is intoxicated.

Galatians 5:21-25

Envyings, slaughters, drunkenness, revelries, and the like: to these which I foretell you, as I have also said before, that they doing such shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Titus 1:6

If any be irreproachable, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not in accusation of licentiousness, or disorderly.

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