Eph 5:18 | RWP | e4.org | Be not drunken with wine ( μη μεθυσκεσθε οινω ). Present passive imperative of μεθυσκω , old verb to intoxicate. Forbidden as a habit and to stop it also if guilty. Instrumental case οινω . Riot ( ασωτια ). Old word from ασωτος (adverb ασωτως in ), in N.T. only here, ; . But be filled with the Spirit ( αλλα πληρουσθε εν πνευματ ). In contrast to a state of intoxication with wine.

‏ Ephesians 5:18

Be not drunken with wine ( μη μεθυσκεσθε οινω ). Present passive imperative of μεθυσκω, old verb to intoxicate. Forbidden as a habit and to stop it also if guilty. Instrumental case οινω.

Riot ( ασωτια ). Old word from ασωτος (adverb ασωτως in Lu 15:13), in N.T. only here, Tit 1:6; 1Pe 4:4.

But be filled with the Spirit ( αλλα πληρουσθε εν πνευματ ). In contrast to a state of intoxication with wine.