Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess: but be fulfilled with the spirit,
New American Standard Bible
And
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
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,
Julia Smith Translation
And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit;
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,
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,
Themes
Excess » Excess, general references to
Fulness » Spiritual » Fulness of the spirit
Holy spirit » Being filled with the spirit
the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit » Saints full of
Intemperance » Examples of » Excess, general references to
Spiritual » Fulness » Fulness of the spirit
Temperance » Drunkards examples of » Excess, general references to
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Devotionals
Devotionals about Ephesians 5:18
Devotionals containing Ephesians 5:18
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Ephesians 5:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Being Filled By The Spirit
17 Wherefore, be ye not unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess: but be fulfilled with the spirit, 19 speaking unto yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts,
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a voluptuous thing, and drunkenness causes sedition; whoso delighteth therein, shall never be wise.
1 Corinthians 5:11
but now I write unto you that ye company not together. If any that is called a brother, be a fornicator, or covetous, or a worshipper of images, either a railer, either a drunkard, or an extortioner: with him that is such see that ye eat not.
Luke 1:15
For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall neither drink wine nor strong drink. And he shall be filled with the holy ghost, even in his mother's womb:
Romans 13:13
Let us walk honestly as it were in the daylight: not in eating and drinking: neither in chambering and wantonness: neither in strife and envying:
1 Thessalonians 5:7
For they that sleep, sleep in the night: and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night.
Genesis 9:21
and drank of the wine and was drunk, and lay uncovered in the midst of his tent.
Deuteronomy 21:20
and say unto the elders of the city, 'This, our son, is stubborn and disobedient and will not hearken unto our voice; he is a rioter and a drunkard.'
Isaiah 5:22
Woe be unto them that are cunning men to sup out wine and expert to set up drunkenness.
Luke 12:45
But and if the evil servant shall say in his heart, 'My master will defer his coming,' and shall begin to smite the servants, and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken:
Luke 21:34
Take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be overcome with surfeiting and drunkenness, and cares of this world: and that, that day come on you unawares.
1 Corinthians 6:10
neither thieves, neither the covetous, neither drunkards, neither cursed speakers, neither extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Peter 4:3-4
For it is sufficient for us that we have spent the time that is past of the life, after the will of the gentiles; walking in wantonness, lusts, drunkenness, in eating, drinking, and in abominable idolatry.
Genesis 19:32-35
Come therefore, let us give our father wine to drink, and let us lie with him that we may save seed of our father."
Psalm 63:3-5
For thy loving-kindness is better than life itself; my lips shall praise thee.
Psalm 69:12
They that sit in the gate speak against me, and the drunkards make songs upon me.
Proverbs 23:20-21
Keep no company with winebibbers and riotous eaters of flesh;
Proverbs 23:29-35
Where is woe? Where is sorrow? Where is strife? Where is brawling? Where are wounds without cause? Where be red eyes?
Song of Songs 1:4
Draw thou me unto thee; we will run after thee. The king hath brought me into his privy chamber: We will be glad and rejoice in thee, we think more of thy love than of wine. They that be righteous love thee.
Song of Songs 7:9
and thy throat like the best wine. This shall be pure and clear for my love, his lips and teeth shall have their pleasure.
Isaiah 5:11-13
Woe unto them that rise up early to use themselves in drunkenness, and yet at night are more superfluous with wine.
Isaiah 25:6
Moreover, the LORD of Hosts shall once prepare a feast for all people upon the hill: A plenteous, costly, pleasant feast, of fat and well-fed beasts, of sweet and most pure things.
Isaiah 55:1
Come to the waters, all ye that be thirsty, and ye that have no money. Come buy, that ye may have to eat. Come buy wine and milk, without any money, or money worth.
Zechariah 9:15-17
The LORD of Hosts shall defend them, they shall consume and devour, and subdue them with sling stones. They shall drink and rage, as it were through wine. They shall be filled like the basins, and as the horns of the altar.
Matthew 23:25
Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye which make clean the outer side of the cup, and of the platter: but within they are full of bribery and excess.
Matthew 24:49
and begin to smite his fellows: yea and to eat and to drink with the drunken:
Luke 11:13
If ye then which are evil, can give good gifts unto your children: How much more shall the father of heaven give a holy spirit to them, that desire it of him?"
Acts 2:13-18
Others mocked them saying, "They are full of new wine."
Acts 11:24
For he was a good man, and full of the holy ghost and of faith. And much people was added unto the Lord.
1 Corinthians 11:21
For every man beginneth afore to eat his own supper. And one is hungry, and another is drunken.
Galatians 5:21-25
envying, murder, drunkenness, gluttony, and such like. Of the which I tell you before, as I have told you in time past, that they which commit such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Titus 1:6
If any be faultless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, which are not slandered of riot, neither are disobedient.