Ephesians 5:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ μὴ μεθύσκεσθε οἴνῳ, ἐν ᾧ ἐστιν ἀσωτία· ἀλλὰ πληροῦσθε ἐν Πνεύματι·

Transliteration

And mē methyskesthe oinō, in which estin asōtia; but plērousthe in Pneumati

Grammar Details

• *mē*: negative particle - not
• *methyskesthe*: present imperative, passive, 2nd plural - be drunk [continuous command]
• *oinō*: dative, masculine, singular - with wine
• *estin*: present, indicative, 3rd singular - is
• *asōtia*: nominative, feminine, singular - debauchery/dissipation
• *plērousthe*: present imperative, passive, 2nd plural - be filled [continuous command]
• *Pneumati*: dative, neuter, singular - with Spirit

Word Meanings

• *methyskesthe*: be drunk/intoxicated
• *oinō*: wine/fermented grape juice
• *asōtia*: debauchery/dissipation/excess/riot
• *plērousthe*: be filled/be fulfilled
• *Pneumati*: Spirit/spirit/breath

Referenced Verses

• Prov 20:1 : 1 Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler; whoever goes astray by them is not wise.
• Isa 5:22 : 22 Beware, those who are champions at drinking, who display great courage when mixing strong drinks.
• Luke 1:15 : 15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.
• Rom 13:13 : 13 Let us live decently as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in discord and jealousy.
• 1 Cor 5:11 : 11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who calls himself a Christian who is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or verbally abusive, or a drunkard, or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.
• 1 Thess 5:7 : 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night.
• 1 Pet 4:3-4 : 3 For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries. 4 So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you.
• Isa 5:11-13 : 11 Beware, those who get up early to drink beer, those who keep drinking long after dark until they are intoxicated with wine. 12 They have stringed instruments, tambourines, flutes, and wine at their parties. So they do not recognize what the LORD is doing, they do not perceive what he is bringing about. 13 Therefore my people will be deported because of their lack of understanding. Their leaders will have nothing to eat, their masses will have nothing to drink.
• Gal 5:21-25 : 21 envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God! 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Now those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also behave in accordance with the Spirit.
• 1 Cor 6:10 : 10 thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God.
• Luke 21:34 : 34 Be Ready!“But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.
• Prov 23:20-21 : 20 Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat, 21 because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.
• Prov 23:29-35 : 29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has dullness of the eyes? 30 Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine. 31 Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly. 32 Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper. 33 Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things. 34 And you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, and like one who lies down on the top of the rigging. 35 You will say,“They have struck me, but I am not harmed! They beat me, but I did not know it! When will I awake? I will look for another drink.”
• Gen 9:21 : 21 When he drank some of the wine, he got drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.
• Deut 21:20 : 20 They must declare to the elders of his city,“Our son is stubborn and rebellious and pays no attention to what we say– he is a glutton and drunkard.”
• Ps 63:3-5 : 3 Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you. 4 For this reason I will praise you while I live; in your name I will lift up my hands. 5 As if with choice meat you satisfy my soul. My mouth joyfully praises you,
• Luke 11:13 : 13 If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
• Luke 12:45 : 45 But if that slave should say to himself,‘My master is delayed in returning,’ and he begins to beat the other slaves, both men and women, and to eat, drink, and get drunk,
• Acts 2:13-18 : 13 But others jeered at the speakers, saying,“They are drunk on new wine!” 14 Peter’s Address on the Day of Pentecost But Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them:“You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say. 15 In spite of what you think, these men are not drunk, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning. 16 But this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel: 17 ‘And in the last days it will be,’ God says,‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams. 18 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
• Acts 11:24 : 24 because he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a significant number of people were brought to the Lord.
• Isa 25:6 : 6 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies will hold a banquet for all the nations on this mountain. At this banquet there will be plenty of meat and aged wine– tender meat and choicest wine.
• Zech 9:15-17 : 15 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies will guard them, and they will prevail and overcome with sling stones. Then they will drink, and will become noisy like drunkards, full like the sacrificial basin or like the corners of the altar. 16 On that day the LORD their God will deliver them as the flock of his people, for they are the precious stones of a crown sparkling over his land. 17 How precious and fair! Grain will make the young men flourish and new wine the young women.
• Matt 23:25 : 25 “Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
• Ps 69:12 : 12 Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs.
• Gen 19:32-35 : 32 Come, let’s make our father drunk with wine so we can go to bed with him and preserve our family line through our father.” 33 So that night they made their father drunk with wine, and the older daughter came in and went to bed with her father. But he was not aware of when she lay down with him or when she got up. 34 So in the morning the older daughter said to the younger,“Since I went to bed with my father last night, let’s make him drunk again tonight. Then you go in and go to bed with him so we can preserve our family line through our father.” 35 So they made their father drunk that night as well, and the younger one came and went to bed with him. But he was not aware of when she lay down with him or when she got up.
• Song 1:4 : 4 Draw me after you; let us hurry! May the king bring me into his bedroom chambers! The Maidens to the Lover: We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine.The Beloved to Her Lover: How rightly the young women adore you!
• 1 Cor 11:21 : 21 For when it is time to eat, everyone proceeds with his own supper. One is hungry and another becomes drunk.
• Titus 1:6 : 6 An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who cannot be charged with dissipation or rebellion.
• Song 7:9 : 9 May your mouth be like the best wine, flowing smoothly for my beloved, gliding gently over our lips as we sleep together.
• Matt 24:49 : 49 and he begins to beat his fellow slaves and to eat and drink with drunkards,
• Isa 55:1 : 1 The Lord Gives an Invitation“Hey, all who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come! Buy and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without cost!