Ephesians 5:18
Douay-Rheims
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is luxury; but be ye filled with the holy Spirit,
Tertullian
(The apostle says further: ) "Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess," -a precept which is suggested by the passage (of the prophet), where the seducers of the consecrated (Nazarites) to drunkenness are rebuked: "Ye gave wine to my holy ones to drink.
Source details
A.D. 220 · on Eph 5:18 (Against Marcion Book V)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.