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and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,

no longer be drinking water, but a little wine be using, because of thy stomach and of thine often infirmities;

envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revellings, and such like, of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that those doing such things the reign of God shall not inherit.

as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation;

And the third day a marriage happened in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there, — read the full passage →

`And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

aged women, in like manner, in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers, to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers,

Ministrants--in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,

not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

but see, lest this privilege of yours may become a stumbling-block to the infirm,

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, the reign of God shall inherit.

And the third day a marriage happened in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there, — read the full passage →

to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.

and having come near, he bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine, and having lifted him up on his own beast, he brought him to an inn, and was careful of him;

and I say to you, that I may not drink henceforth on this produce of the vine, till that day when I may drink it with you new in the reign of my Father.'

And there were there six water-jugs of stone, placed according to the purifying of the Jews, holding each two or three measures. — read the full passage →

for sufficient to us <FI>is<Fi> the past time of life the will of the nations to have wrought, having walked in lasciviousnesses, desires, excesses of wines, revellings, drinking-bouts, and unlawful idolatries,

and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit, — read the full passage →

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

All things are lawful to me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I--I will not be under authority by any;

Right <FI>it is<Fi> not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to <FI>do anything<Fi> in which thy brother doth stumble, or is made to fall, or is weak.

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

This beginning of the signs did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory, and his disciples believed in him;

have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings;

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

The officers answered, `Never so spake man--as this man.'

and saith to him, `Every man, at first, the good wine doth set forth; and when they may have drunk freely, then the inferior; thou didst keep the good wine till now.'

And the third day a marriage happened in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there, — read the full passage →

the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and ye say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners;

for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he may not drink, and of the Holy Spirit he shall be full, even from his mother's womb;

Seeing that many did take in hand to set in order a narration of the matters that have been fully assured among us, — read the full passage →

and may begin to beat the fellow-servants, and to eat and to drink with the drunken,

the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners, and wisdom was justified of her children.'

`For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon;