1 Timothy 5:23 meaning and explanation

Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.

1 Timothy 5:23, Berean Standard Bible

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Paul writes this personal aside to Timothy, his younger coworker in Ephesus, near the end of a chapter about widows and elders. Timothy had been drinking only water, and Paul tells him to use a little wine instead for his stomach and his frequent illnesses.

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