Strong Drink

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

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

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

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.

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

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 ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.

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

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

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

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

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

Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. — 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 →

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.

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;

and saith unto him, Every man setteth on first the good wine; and when men have drunk freely, then that which is worse: thou hast kept the good wine until now.

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:

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

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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

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 no word from God shall be void of power.

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

At that season Jesus went on the sabbath day through the grainfields; and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck ears and to eat. — read the full passage →

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

Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath of God: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord.

Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

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.

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:

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.

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

abstain from every form of evil.

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. — read the full passage →

Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas?

he also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

and from Jesus Christ, who isthe faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood; — read the full passage →

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

Jesus made answer and said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. — 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 →