²¹ Neither shall any of the priests drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

⁹ "Drink no wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, that you don't die: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations:

¹⁵ For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

⁸ Deacons{The word for "deacons" literally means "servants."}, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money;

²³ Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your frequent infirmities.

⁷ For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

⁸ but given to hospitality, as a lover of good, sober-minded, fair, holy, self-controlled;