Ephesians 5:18

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

And {G2532} be {G3182} not {G3361} drunk {G3182} with wine {G3631}, wherein {G1722}{G3739} is {G2076} excess {G810}; but {G235} be filled {G4137} with {G1722} the Spirit {G4151};

Don’t get drunk with wine, because it makes you lose control. Instead, keep on being filled with the Spirit —

Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 20:1 (21 votes)

    ¶ Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

  • Romans 13:13 (20 votes)

    Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

  • Luke 1:15 (17 votes)

    For 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.

  • Galatians 5:21 (14 votes)

    Envyings, 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.

  • Galatians 5:25 (14 votes)

    If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

  • Isaiah 5:22 (11 votes)

    Woe unto [them that are] mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

  • Acts 11:24 (10 votes)

    For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.