Drinking

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

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

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

Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy. — read the full passage →

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon. — read the full passage →

It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth.

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

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:

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

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins,

But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare:

Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy.

To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

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

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

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her works.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

All things are lawful for me; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the power of any.

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

but as it is, I wrote unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no, not to eat.

and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken;

But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth; — read the full passage →

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach; — read the full passage →

All things are lawful; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful; but not all things edify. — read the full passage →

And when the wine failed, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. — read the full passage →

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 →

For if because of meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer in love. Destroy not with thy meat him for whom Christ died. — read the full passage →

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him. — read the full passage →

For no word from God shall be void of power.

no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;

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: — read the full passage →

For the bishop must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;

so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober. — read the full passage →

Let your forbearance be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak. — read the full passage →

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.

but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life.

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!

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. — read the full passage →

promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage.

For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

For though I was free from all men, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more. — read the full passage →

But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak.