1 Timothy 5:23

New King James Version

No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.

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And wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make his face shine, And bread which strengthens man’s heart.

For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving;

Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for money,

the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things—

For a bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money,

not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,

No priest shall drink wine when he enters the inner court.

When Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.