Verses
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- Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
- Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
- Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.
- Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
- It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.
- Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.
- So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
- …and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.