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12. Should an elder abstain from drinking wine? |
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No, for it
is written that an elder “must be …. not given to wine” (1 Tim. 3:3), and not
‘must not drink’. |
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For to be
given to wine means to get drunk (or to drink too much wine), which is
something that all Christians (and not only the elders) are not allowed to
do, as it is written: “Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery”
(Eph. |
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Therefore,
elders as well as all the other Christians are allowed to drink a little wine
but they are not allowed to take to drinking. |