Consuming Alcohol

Be no longer a drinker of water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. — read the full passage →

Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

For Christ is the end of the law unto righteousness to every one that believeth.

He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.

that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

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

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, — read the full passage →

Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

For the time past may suffice to have wrought the desire of the Gentiles, and to have walked in lasciviousness, lusts, winebibbings, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatries:

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →

And the cup in like manner after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, even that which is poured out for you.

Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

For John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon.