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Ephesians 5:18

Ephesians 5:18
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Giving thanks always for all things,.... For things temporal, for our beings, and the preservation of them, and for all the mercies of life; for things spiritual, for Christ, and for all spiritual…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And be not drunk with wine - A danger to which they were exposed and a vice to which those around them were much addicted. Compare notes on Luk 21:34. It is not improbable that in this verse there is…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess - This is a farther allusion to the Bacchanalian mysteries; in them his votaries got drunk, and ran into all manner of excesses. Plato, though he forbade…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ephesians 5:3-20

These verses contain a caution against all manner of uncleanness, with proper remedies and arguments proposed: some further cautions are added, and other duties recommended. Filthy lusts must be…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

drunk with wine Cp. for similar cautions, Pro 20:1; Pro 23:30-31; Luk 21:34; Rom 13:13; 1Co 5:11; 1Co 6:10; Gal 5:21; 1Ti 3:3. "He fitly follows up a warning against impurity with a warning against…