Drugs And Alcohol

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

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own; — read the full passage →

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

Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? — read the full passage →

But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry.

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

If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:

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:

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

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;

For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

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

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

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;

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

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

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.

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

Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves as servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

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.

Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.

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:

and they repented not of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

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

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

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit; — read the full passage →

casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.

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

so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober. — 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!

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

Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.

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 →

and the light of a lamp shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the princes of the earth; for with thy sorcery were all the nations deceived.

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 →

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.

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work,

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

so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

Beloved, I pray that in all things thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

Forasmuch then as Christ suffered in the flesh, arm ye yourselves also with the same mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; — read the full passage →

instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world;

And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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.

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties,

for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: — read the full passage →

But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

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

And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.

For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

Let not then your good be evil spoken of:

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.