no longer be drinking water, but a little wine be using, because of thy stomach and of thine often infirmities;
and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,
`Thy reign come: Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on the earth.
Ministrants--in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,
`For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He hath a demon; — read the full passage →
and others mocking said, --`They are full of sweet wine;'
and saith to him, `Every man, at first, the good wine doth set forth; and when they may have drunk freely, then the inferior; thou didst keep the good wine till now.'
for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he may not drink, and of the Holy Spirit he shall be full, even from his mother's womb;
and I say to you, that I may not drink henceforth on this produce of the vine, till that day when I may drink it with you new in the reign of my Father.'
and if in the light we may walk, as He is in the light--we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son doth cleanse us from every sin;
for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;
not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,
for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.
`Nor do they put new wine into old skins, and if not--the skins burst, and the wine doth run out, and the skins are destroyed, but they put new wine into new skins, and both are preserved together.'
and let them learn--ours also--to be leading in good works to the necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.
And you--being dead in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh--He made alive together with him, having forgiven you all the trespasses, — read the full passage →
For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →
to your walking worthily of the Lord to all pleasing, in every good work being fruitful, and increasing to the knowledge of God,
that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved,
for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.
for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God--
`Hear ye another simile: There was a certain man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and did put a hedge round it, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: YLT.