SEV Biblia, Chapter 5:18
Y no os embriaguis de vino, en lo cual hay disolucin; mas sed llenos de Espíritu;
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Ephesians 5:18
Verse 18. 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 drunkenness in general, yet allowed that the people should get drunk in the solemnities of that god who invented wine. And indeed this was their common custom; when they had offered their sacrifices they indulged themselves in drunkenness, and ran into all kinds of extravagance. Hence it is probable that mequw, to get drunk, is derived from meta, after, and quw, to sacrifice; for, having completed their sacrifices, they indulged themselves in wine. The word aswtia, which we translate excess, means profligacy and debauchery of every kind; such as are the general concomitants of drunkenness, and especially among the votaries of Bacchus in Greece and Italy. But be filled with the Spirit] The heathen priests pretended to be filled with the influence of the god they worshipped; and it was in these circumstances that they gave out their oracles. See a remarkable instance of this quoted in the note on Luke ix. 39, where the case of a Bacchanalian is described. The apostle exhorts the Ephesians not to resemble these, but, instead of being filled with wine, to be filled with the Spirit of God; in consequence of which, instead of those discoveries of the Divine will to which in their drunken worship the votaries of Bacchus pretended, they should be wise indeed, and should understand what the will of the Lord is.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 18. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess , &c.] The sin of drunkenness here dehorted from, is a custom, or habit, of voluntary excessive drinking of any strong liquor, whereby the mind is disturbed, and deprived of the use of reason: though wine is only here mentioned, that being the usual liquor drank in the eastern countries, yet the same holds good of any other strong liquor, as of that; nor is drinking wine for necessary use prohibited, nor for honest delight and lawful pleasure; but excessive drinking of it, and this voluntary, and with design, and on purpose; otherwise persons may be overtaken and intoxicated, through ignorance of the strength of the liquor, and their own weakness; and it is a custom, or habit of excessive drinking, for not a single act, but a series of actions, a course of living in this sin, denominates a man a drunkard; and generally speaking, excessive drinking deprives persons of the use of reason, though not always; and such are criminal, who are mighty to drink wine, and strong to mingle strong drink; as are also such, who though not guilty of this sin themselves, are the means of it in others: the sin is very sinful; it is one of the works of the flesh; it is an abuse of the creature; it is opposed to walking honestly; for it persons are to be excluded from the communion of the church; and, without the grace of true repentance, shall not inherit the kingdom of heaven: many things might be said to dissuade from it; it hurts the mind, memory, and judgment; deprives of reason, and sets a man below a beast; it brings diseases on the body, and wastes the estate; it unfits for business and duty; it opens a door for every sin, and exposes to shame and danger; and therefore should be carefully avoided, and especially by professors of religion: but be filled with the Spirit ; that is, with the Holy Spirit, as read the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions; with the gifts and graces of the Spirit: some have been filled with them in an extraordinary way, as the apostles on the day of Pentecost; and others in an ordinary manner, as common believers; and who may be said to be filled with the Spirit, as with wine, or instead of it, or in opposition to it, when the love of God is shed abroad in their hearts by the Spirit, which is compared to wine, for its antiquity, purity, and refreshing nature; and they are filled with it, who have a comfortable sense of it, and a firm persuasion of interest in it, and are delighted with the views of it, and are as it were inebriated with it; and they are filled with the Spirit, in whom his grace is a well of living water, and out of whose belly flow rivers of it; and who have a large measure of spiritual peace and joy, expressed in the following manner.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 15-21 - Another remedy against sin, is care, or caution, it being impossibl else to maintain purity of heart and life. Time is a talent given us by God, and it is misspent and lost when not employed according to his design. If we have lost our time heretofore, we must double ou diligence for the future. Of that time which thousands on a dying be would gladly redeem at the price of the whole world, how little do me think, and to what trifles they daily sacrifice it! People are very ap to complain of bad times; it were well if that stirred them more to redeem time. Be not unwise. Ignorance of our duty, and neglect of ou souls, show the greatest folly. Drunkenness is a sin that never goe alone, but carries men into other evils; it is a sin very provoking to God. The drunkard holds out to his family and to the world they saw spectacle of a sinner hardened beyond what is common, and hastening to perdition. When afflicted or weary, let us not seek to raise ou spirits by strong drink, which is hateful and hurtful, and only ends i making sorrows more felt. But by fervent prayer let us seek to be filled with the Spirit, and to avoid whatever may grieve our graciou Comforter. All God's people have reason to sing for joy. Though we ar not always singing, we should be always giving thanks; we should neve want disposition for this duty, as we never want matter for it, throug the whole course of our lives. Always, even in trials and afflictions and for all things; being satisfied of their loving intent, and goo tendency. God keeps believers from sinning against him, and engage them to submit one to another in all he has commanded, to promote his glory, and to fulfil their duties to each other.
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 μη 3361 μεθυσκεσθε 3182 5745 οινω 3631 εν 1722 ω 3739 εστιν 2076 5748 ασωτια 810 αλλα 235 πληρουσθε 4137 5744 εν 1722 πνευματι 4151
Vincent's NT Word Studies
18. Be not drunk (mh mequskesqe). See on John ii. 10.
Wherein. In drunkenness, not in wine.
Excess (aswtia). Rev., riot. Lit., unsavingness. See on riotous living, Luke xv. 13.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
5:18 {Be not drunken with wine} (me mequskesqe oinwi). Present passive imperative of mequskw, old verb to intoxicate. Forbidden as a habit and to stop it also if guilty. Instrumental case oinwi. {Riot} (aswtia). Old word from aswtos (adverb aswtws in #Lu 15:13), in N.T. only here, #Tit 1:6; 1Pe 4:4. {But be filled with the Spirit} (alla plerousqe en pneumati). In contrast to a state of intoxication with wine.
