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¹⁸And do not choose to be inebriated by wine, for this is self-indulgence. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit,

¹It is a luxurious thing, wine, and inebriation is tumultuous. Anyone who is delighted by this will not be wise.

⁸Be sober and vigilant. For your adversary, the devil, is like a roaring lion, traveling around and seeking those whom he might devour.

²¹envy, murder, inebriation, carousing, and similar things. About these things, I continue to preach to you, as I have preached to you: that those who act in this way shall not obtain the kingdom of God.

²³Do not continue to drink only water, but make use of a little wine, for the sake of your stomach and your frequent infirmities.

²⁹Who has woe? Whose father has woe? Who has quarrels? Who falls into pits? Who has wounds without cause? Who has watery eyes? ³⁰Is it not those who linger over wine, and who strive to be drinking from their cups? ³¹Do not gaze into the wine when it turns gold, when its color shines in the glass. It enters pleasantly, ³²but in the end, it will bite like a snake, and it will spread poison like a king of snakes. ³³Your eyes will see women who are outsiders, and your heart will utter perversities. ³⁴And you will be like someone sleeping in the middle of the sea, and like a pilot, fast asleep, who has lost his hold on the helm.

¹³Let us walk honestly, as in the daylight, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and sexual immorality, not in contention and envy. ¹⁴Instead, be clothed with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in its desires.

¹⁸For John came neither eating nor drinking; and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ ¹⁹The Son of man came eating and drinking; and they say, ‘Behold, a man who eats voraciously and who drinks wine, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is justified by her sons.”

⁶Give strong drink to the grieving, and wine to those who are bitter in soul. ⁷Let them drink, and forget their needs, and remember their sorrow no more.

²¹It is good to refrain from eating meat and from drinking wine, and from anything by which your brother is offended, or led astray, or weakened.

¹⁰nor the effeminate, nor males who sleep with males, nor thieves, nor the avaricious, nor the inebriated, nor slanderers, nor the rapacious shall possess the kingdom of God.

³For the time that has passed is sufficient to have fulfilled the will of the Gentiles, those who have walked in luxuries, lusts, intoxication, feasting, drinking, and the illicit worship of idols.

³Old women, similarly, should be in holy attire, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teaching well,

²⁶For if we sin willingly, after receiving knowledge of the truth, there is no sacrifice remaining for sins,

³⁴But be attentive to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts may be weighed down by self-indulgence and inebriation and the cares of this life. And then that day may overwhelm you suddenly.

¹³Let us walk honestly, as in the daylight, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and sexual immorality, not in contention and envy.