Efésios 5

Efésios 5:18

Robertson adds that the idea is that getting drunk means it is "Forbidden as a habit and to stop it also if guilty." Drunk is a word that is often used figuratively in English, for example describing a person drunk with rage, etc. Think of it this way - what fills a person a person controls a person. If I am filled with anger, envy, hatred, etc, those emotions will control my actions and interactions with others. The person drunk with wine loses self-control, but the one "drunk" with the Spirit gives the believer self-control! (cf Gal 5:23)