The Use Of Alcohol

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

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

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. — read the full passage →

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

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

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

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

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; — read the full passage →

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

Abstain from all appearance of evil.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

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.

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.

The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

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

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. — read the full passage →

Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

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;

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; — read the full passage →

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

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

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.

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. — read the full passage →

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. — read the full passage →

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

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

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. — read the full passage →

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

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.

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

And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:

There were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. — read the full passage →

And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

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 John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. — read the full passage →

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

And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;

Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

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.