Drinking Wine

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

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

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

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

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

For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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

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

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

For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

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

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.

Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. — 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 of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: — read the full passage →

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. — read the full passage →

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 mankind, — read the full passage →

Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

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

But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died. — read the full passage →

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

Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.

And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.

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

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

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.

But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.

Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it.

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

And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.

And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.