KJV King James Version
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
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Ephesians 5:18
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
WEB World English Bible
Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
ASV American Standard Version
And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,
Surrounding context — Ephesians 5
15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord [is].
18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
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καὶG2532 · kaiandμὴG3361 · mēnotμεθύσκεσθεG3182 · methuskōto get drunkοἴνῳ,G3631 · oinoswineἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongᾧG3739 · hos, hēwhichἐστινG1510 · eimito beἀσωτία,G810 · asōtiadebaucheryἀλλὰG235 · allabutπληροῦσθεG4137 · plēroōto fulfillἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongπνεύματιG4151 · pneumaspirit/breath: spirit
Cross-references
Proverbs 20:1Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.Luke 1:15For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.Romans 13:13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.Galatians 5:21-25Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.Acts 11:24For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.Isaiah 5:22Woe unto [them that are] mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:1 Corinthians 5:11But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.Proverbs 23:29-35Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?Luke 11:13If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall [your] heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?Isaiah 5:11-13Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, [that] they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, [till] wine inflame them!Luke 12:45But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;1 Thessalonians 5:7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.Proverbs 23:20-21Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:1 Peter 4:3-4For the time past of [our] life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:Acts 2:13-18Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.1 Corinthians 6:10Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.Zechariah 9:15-17The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, [and] make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, [and] as the corners of the altar.Luke 21:34And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares.
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