Wisdom In Witnessing (or the lack thereof)

[TGBTG]

Originally Posted by Luke

That is talking about medicine so i agree take medicine for when your sick.

1 Timothy 5:23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

Wine = Medicine???

Funny that you take wine in Proverbs 23 to mean wine, but in 1 Tim 5:23, wine means medicine...

[Luke]

Originally Posted by TGBTG

Wine = Medicine???

Funny that you take wine in Proverbs 23 to mean wine, but in 1 Tim 5:23, wine means medicine...

By takeing the verse to mean what it literally says that is the obivous conclusion that one would come to. Look at the reason that paul gives for the advice that he is offering:

1 Timothy 5:23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

if we take this to mean what it says it is paul telling Timothy to use ( not indulge) a little wine because of stomach problems and for his often infirmities (sickness ) this does not approve of social drinking but for taking medicine.

Also if i remember my greek correctly the word used here is oynos which can be either new or fermented wine. (I might be wrong on that.)