Drinkers

Wine <FI>is<Fi> a scorner--strong drink <FI>is<Fi> noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.

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

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

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.

and now, I did write to you not to keep company with <FI>him<Fi> , if any one, being named a brother, may be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner--with such a one not even to eat together;

See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright.

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? — read the full passage →

`Wine and strong drink thou dost not drink, thou, and thy sons with thee, in your going in unto the tent of meeting, and ye die not--a statute age-during to your generations;

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

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 also in one Spirit we all to one body were baptized, whether Jews or Greeks, whether servants or freemen, and all into one Spirit were made to drink,

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own,

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 →

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

`And mayest Thou not lead us to temptation, but deliver us from the evil, because Thine is the reign, and the power, and the glory--to the ages. Amen.

Thus said Jehovah: As the new wine is found in the cluster, And one hath said, `Destroy it not for a blessing <FI>is<Fi> in it,' So I do for My servants' sake, not to destroy the whole.

And even these through wine have erred, And through strong drink have wandered, Priest and prophet erred through strong drink, They have been swallowed up of the wine, They wandered because of the strong drink, They have erred in seeing, They have stumbled judicially.

Woe <FI>to<Fi> those rising early in the morning, Strong drink they pursue! Tarrying in twilight, wine inflameth them!

Not for kings, O Lemuel, Not for kings, to drink wine, And for princes a desire of strong drink.

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

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,

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

and having taken the cup, and having given thanks, he gave to them, saying, `Drink ye of it--all;

And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him, — read the full passage →

`I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,

And it cometh to pass, they are going, going on and speaking, and lo, a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and they separate between them both, and Elijah goeth up in a whirlwind, to the heavens.

and thou hast made perfume with the whole ram on the altar. It <FI>is<Fi> a burnt-offering to Jehovah, a sweet fragrance; a fire-offering it <FI>is<Fi> to Jehovah.

`And God speaketh all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'

and filled was the sanctuary with smoke from the glory of God, and from His power, and no one was able to enter into the sanctuary till the seven plagues of the seven messengers may be finished.

he also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, that hath been mingled unmixed in the cup of His anger, and he shall be tormented in fire and brimstone before the holy messengers, and before the Lamb,

and another messenger did come, and he stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given to him much perfume, that he may give <FI>it<Fi> to the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar that <FI>is<Fi> before the throne,

and didst make us to our God kings and priests, and we shall reign upon the earth.'

Lo, he doth come with the clouds, and see him shall every eye, even those who did pierce him, and wail because of him shall all the tribes of the land. Yes! Amen!

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born out of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth; to him who did love us, and did bathe us from our sins in his blood, — read the full passage →

through which to us the most great and precious promises have been given, that through these ye may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped from the corruption in the world in desires.

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

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps,

lo, the reward of the workmen, of those who in-gathered your fields, which hath been fraudulently kept back by you--doth cry out, and the exclamations of those who did reap into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth have entered;

Ye see, then, that out of works is man declared righteous, and not out of faith only;

(not by works that <FI>are<Fi> in righteousness that we did but according to His kindness,) He did save us, through a bathing of regeneration, and a renewing of the Holy Spirit,

concerning all things thyself showing a pattern of good works; in the teaching uncorruptedness, gravity, incorruptibility,

all things, indeed, <FI>are<Fi> pure to the pure, and to the defiled and unstedfast <FI>is<Fi> nothing pure, but of them defiled <FI>are<Fi> even the mind and the conscience;

for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren; — read the full passage →

that ye may walk becomingly unto those without, and may have lack of nothing.

and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you,

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

The servants! obey in all things those who are masters according to the flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God;

Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths,

and I have all things, and abound; I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you--an odour of a sweet smell--a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God:

For, let this mind be in you that <FI>is<Fi> also in Christ Jesus,

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord--the assembly,

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

for as many as to Christ were baptized did put on Christ;

having known also that a man is not declared righteous by works of law, if not through the faith of Jesus Christ, also we in Christ Jesus did believe, that we might be declared righteous by the faith of Christ, and not by works of law, wherefore declared righteous by works of law shall be no flesh.'

And working together also we call upon <FI>you<Fi> that ye receive not in vain the grace of God--

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

and let a man be proving himself, and so of the bread let him eat, and of the cup let him drink;

In like manner also the cup after the supping, saying, `This cup is the new covenant in my blood; this do ye, as often as ye may drink <FI>it<Fi> --to the remembrance of me;'

and having given thanks, he brake, and said, `Take ye, eat ye, this is my body, that for you is being broken; this do ye--to the remembrance of me.' — read the full passage →

For I--I received from the Lord that which also I did deliver to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was delivered up, took bread,

The cup of the blessing that we bless--is it not the fellowship of the blood of the Christ? the bread that we break--is it not the fellowship of the body of the Christ?

And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, — read the full passage →

And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,

and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband:

and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

if any one the sanctuary of God doth waste, him shall God waste; for the sanctuary of God is holy, the which ye are.

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

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.

so that he who is setting himself against the authority, against God's ordinance hath resisted; and those resisting, to themselves shall receive judgment.

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

and the hope doth not make ashamed, because the love of God hath been poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit that hath been given to us.

according as it hath been written--`There is none righteous, not even one;

having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers,

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God-- — read the full passage →

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

look out, therefore, brethren, seven men of you who are well testified of, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may set over this necessity,

and also upon My men-servants, and upon My maid-servants, in those days, I will pour out of My Spirit, and they shall prophesy;

and others mocking said, --`They are full of sweet wine;'

and there appeared to them divided tongues, as it were of fire; it sat also upon each one of them,

And these things having said--they beholding--he was taken up, and a cloud did receive him up from their sight; — read the full passage →

but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'

because John, indeed, baptized with water, and ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit--after not many days.'

sanctify them in Thy truth, Thy word is truth;

Jesus answered them, `Is it not having been written in your law: I said, ye are gods?

he who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, hath life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day;

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

Then said he to them, `But, now, he who is having a bag, let him take <FI>it<Fi> up, and in like manner also a scrip; and he who is not having, let him sell his garment, and buy a sword,

And having looked up, he saw those who did cast their gifts to the treasury--rich men, — read the full passage →

nor shall they say, Lo, here; or lo, there; for lo, the reign of God is within you.'

the law and the prophets <FI>are<Fi> till John; since then the reign of God is proclaimed good news, and every one doth press into it;

At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, `Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy; — read the full passage →

`And in that house remain, eating and drinking the things they have, for worthy <FI>is<Fi> the workman of his hire; go not from house to house,