1 Timothy 5:23

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1 Timothy 5:23

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

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not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money.

For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude;

“Do not drink wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you come into the tent of meeting, so that you will not die—it is a perpetual statute throughout your generations—

And wine which makes man’s heart glad,

So that he may make his face glisten with oil,

And food which sustains man’s heart.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel,
It is not for kings to drink wine,
Or for rulers to desire strong drink,

Nor shall any of the priests drink wine when they enter the inner court.

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

For the

overseer must be above reproach as God’s steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not pugnacious, not fond of sordid gain,

Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good,