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Ephesians 5:18
18And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit,
Ephesians 5:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
- New International Version (NIV)Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,
- English Standard Version (ESV)And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,
- New King James Version (NKJV)And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,
Context of Ephesians 5:18
16redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17For this reason be not foolish, but understanding what [is] the will of the Lord. And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit, 19speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and chanting with your heart to the Lord; 20giving thanks at all times for all things to him [who is] God and [the] Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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καὶ μὴ μεθύσκεσθε οἴνῳ, ἐν ᾧ ἐστιν ἀσωτία, ἀλλὰ πληροῦσθε ἐν πνεύματιRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Ephesians 5:18
- Genesis 9:21And he drank of the wine, and was drunken, and he uncovered himself in his tent.
- Genesis 19:32come, let us give our father wine to drink, and let us lie with him, that we may preserve seed alive of our father.
- Deuteronomy 21:20and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is unmanageable and rebellious, he hearkeneth not unto our voice; he is a profligate and a drunkard.
- Psalms 69:12They that sit in the gate talk of me, and [I am] the song of the drunkards.
- Proverbs 20:1Wine is a scorner, strong drink is raging; and whoso erreth thereby is not wise.
- Proverbs 23:20Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh.
- Isaiah 5:11Woe unto them that, rising early in the morning, run after strong drink; that linger till twilight, [till] wine inflameth them!
- Matthew 24:49and begin to beat his fellow-bondmen, and eat and drink with the drunken;
- Luke 12:45But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken,
- Luke 21:34But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be laden with surfeiting and drinking and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares;
- Romans 13:13As in the day, let us walk becomingly; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and lasciviousness, not in strife and emulation.
- 1 Corinthians 5:11But now I have written to you, if any one called brother be fornicator, or avaricious, or idolater, or abusive, or a drunkard, or rapacious, not to mix with [him]; with such a one not even to eat.
- 1 Corinthians 6:10nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor abusive persons, nor [the] rapacious, shall inherit [the] kingdom of God.
- 1 Corinthians 11:21For each one in eating takes his own supper before [others], and one is hungry and another drinks to excess.
- Galatians 5:21envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these; as to which I tell you beforehand, even as I also have said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:7for they that sleep sleep by night, and they that drink drink by night;
Commentaries on Ephesians 5:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess - This is a farther allusion to the Bacchanalian mysteries; in them his votaries got drunk, and ran into all manner of excesses. Plato, though he forbade drunkenness in general, yet allowed that the people should get drunk in the solemnities of that god who invented wine. And indeed this was their common custom; when they had offered their sacrifices they indulged themselves in drunkenness, and ran into all kinds…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18And be not drunk with wine - A danger to which they were exposed and a vice to which those around them were much addicted. Compare notes on Luke 21:34. It is not improbable that in this verse there is an allusion to the orgies of Bacchus, or to the festivals celebrated in honor of that pagan god. He was “the god of wine,” and during those festivals, men and women regarded it as an acceptable act of worship to become intoxicated, and with wild songs and…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-21Verses 15-21 Another remedy against sin, is care, or caution, it being impossible else to maintain purity of heart and life. Time is a talent given us by God, and it is misspent and lost when not employed according to his design. If we have lost our time heretofore, we must double our diligence for the future. Of that time which thousands on a dying bed would gladly redeem at the price of the whole world, how little do men think, and to what trifles they…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18The Holy Spirit, not wine, should have the most influence in the lives of believers (see Proverbs 23:29–35; compare Acts 2:15–18). be filled: The grammar here suggests a repeated, ongoing process of letting the Holy Spirit guide and influence the lives of believers, not a single event.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. excess--worthless, ruinous, reckless prodigality. wherein--not in the wine itself when used aright (1Ti 5:23), but in the "excess" as to it. but be filled with the Spirit--The effect in inspiration was that the person was "filled" with an ecstatic exhilaration, like that caused by wine; hence the two are here connected (compare Ac 2:13-18). Hence arose the abstinence from wine of many of the prophets, for example, John the Baptist, namely, in order to…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ephesians 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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