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NASB					1 Tim 5:23 ¶ No³³⁷¹ longer³³⁷¹ drink⁵²⁰² water⁵²⁰² exclusively, but ^Ause⁵⁵³⁰ a little³⁶⁴¹ wine³⁶³¹ for the sake¹²²³ of your stomach⁴⁷⁵¹ and your frequent⁴⁴³⁷ ailments⁷⁶⁹.
AMPLIFIED 2015					1 Tim 5:23 ¶ No longer ¹continue drinking [only] water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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Timothy, whose mother was Jewish (Acts 16:1), may have voluntarily taken a lifelong vow to abstain from wine, as Nazirites (from the Hebrew "devoted" or "consecrated") sometimes did (cf Samson, Judg 13:7). Evidently he never developed a tolerance for water, which was often contaminated and which, in the absence of wine, he would have to drink.

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1 Tim 3:8 ¶ Deacons likewise must be men of dignity, not double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain,

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Greek Heb.

769

astheneia; from 772; weakness, frailty:--ailments(1), diseases(1), ill(1), illness(1), infirmities(1), sickness(3), sicknesses(2), weak(1), weakness(9), weaknesses(4).

1223

dia; a prim. prep.; through, on account of, because of:--account(4), after(2), afterward(1), always*(2), because(111), between*(1), briefly*(1), charge*(1), constantly(1), continually*(6), during(1), forever*(1), gives(1), means(3), over(1), presence(1), reason(40), sake(41), sakes(5), since(1), so then*(1), so*(1), therefore*(16), this reason*(1), this*(1), though(1), through(225), through the agency(1), through*(1), view(2), way(3), what(1), why(3), why*(27).

3371

mêketi; from 3361 and 2089; no longer, not anymore:--again(2), any longer(1), anymore(3), longer(1), no further(1), no longer(13), no more(1).

3631

oinos; a prim. word; wine:--wine(33), wine*(1).

3641

oligos; a prim. word; few, little, small:--brief(1), briefly(1), few(11), few things(3), great*(1), little(7), little way(1), little while(4), long*(1), number*(2), short(3), short time(1), small(3), while(1).

4437

puknos; from the same as 4435; close, i.e. frequent:--frequent(1), often(1), quite often(1).

4751

stomachos; from 4750; an opening, the stomach:--stomach(1).

5202

hudropoteô; from 5204 and 4095; to drink water:--drink water(1).

5530

chraomai; akin to 5534; to use, make use of:--do(1), treated(1), use(5), used(2), uses(1), vacillating*(1).

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