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NASB | Ephesians 5:18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 5:18 Do not get drunk with wine, for that is wickedness (corruption, stupidity), but be filled with the [Holy] Spirit and constantly guided by Him. [Prov 23:20] |
Subject: alcohol scripturally wrong? |
Bible Note: Hi, Hoppy :: As pertains to the use of tobacco (and the misuse of alcohol), in our time we are also dealing with a medical problem. I dare to posit that had Charles Spurgeon been privy to the current knowledge of the medical aspects of smoking and the pronounced addictive property of nicotine that is common knowledge in our time, he would have ceased to smoke his beloved cigars. Many years ago I read some of these dissertations of Spurgeon upon cigar smoking as well as the remonstrances of his non-smoking friends. Evidently it made quite a stir in Spurgeon's London, and so I have often wondered why the 'Prince of Preachers' didn't view his habit, if not as being sinful, at least as being somewhat of a stumbling block (1 Cor. 8:9-13). Beyond this I dare not opine but abstain from the presumptuous brazenness of trying to second guess Spurgeon. --Hank |