Ephesians 5:18
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
KJV
καὶ μὴ μεθύσκεσθε οἴνῳ, ἐν ᾧ ἐστιν ἀσωτία, ἀλλὰ πληροῦσθε ἐν πνεύματι,
Greek NT
Et nolite inebriari vino, in quo est luxuria, sed implemini Spiritu Sancto,
Vulgate
And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;
ASV
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is luxury: but be ye filled with the Holy Spirit,
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
μεθύσκω
methusko
verb · 4×
οἶνος
oinos
noun · 34×
πληρόω
pleroo
verb · 86×
πνεῦμα
pneuma
noun · 379×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀσωτία
asotia
noun · 3×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. What then says Peter, everywhere ardent, and ever starting forward before the rest? Lord, if it be Thou, says he, bid me come unto You on the water. Matthew 14:28 He said not, Pray and entreat, but, bid. Do you see how great his ardor, how great his faith? Yet surely he is hereby often in danger, by seeking things beyond his measure. For so here too he required an exceedingl…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 5:11 — But 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 n
- 1Cor 6:10 — Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
- 1Cor 11:21 — For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
- 1Pet 4:3 — For 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:
- 1Pet 4:3 — For 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:
- 1Thess 5:7 — For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
- 1Tim 3:3 — Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
- 1Tim 5:23 — Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
- 2Kgs 3:15 — But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
- 2Tim 1:14 — That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
- Acts 2:4 — And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
- Acts 2:13 — Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
- Acts 6:3 — Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
- Acts 11:24 — For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
- Acts 13:52 — And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
- Deut 21:20 — And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
- Deut 29:6 — Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.
- Eccl 2:3 — I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under t
- Esth 1:10 — On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence o
- Gal 5:21 — 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.
- Gal 5:21 — 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.
- Gen 9:21 — And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
- Hos 7:5 — In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
- Isa 5:11 — Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
- Isa 5:22 — Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
- Isa 55:1 — Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
- John 7:37 — In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
- John 15:11 — These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
- Lev 10:9 — Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
- Luke 1:15 — 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.
- Luke 1:15 — 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.
- Luke 1:41 — And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
- Luke 11:13 — If 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?
- Luke 12:45 — But 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;
- Luke 21:34 — And 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.
- Num 6:3 — He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
- Prov 20:1 — Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
- Prov 20:1 — Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
- Prov 23:20 — Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
- Prov 23:20 — Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: