21 (A)No priest shall drink wine when he enters the inner court.

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21 No priest is to drink wine when he enters the inner court.(A)

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he (A)shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar made from wine or strong drink and shall not drink any juice of grapes or eat grapes, fresh or dried.

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they must abstain from wine(A) and other fermented drink and must not drink vinegar(B) made from wine or other fermented drink. They must not drink grape juice or eat grapes(C) or raisins.

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20 and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord. (A)They are a holy portion for the priest, together with the breast that is waved and the thigh that is contributed. And after that the Nazirite may drink wine.

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20 The priest shall then wave these before the Lord as a wave offering;(A) they are holy(B) and belong to the priest, together with the breast that was waved and the thigh that was presented.(C) After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.(D)

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15 for he will be (A)great before the Lord. And (B)he must not drink wine or strong (C)drink, and (D)he will be (E)filled with the Holy Spirit, (F)even from his mother's womb.

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15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink,(A) and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit(B) even before he is born.(C)

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not a drunkard, not violent but (A)gentle, not quarrelsome, (B)not a lover of money.

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not given to drunkenness,(A) not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome,(B) not a lover of money.(C)

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Qualifications for Deacons

(A)Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued,[a] (B)not addicted to much wine, (C)not greedy for dishonest gain.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 3:8 Or devious in speech

In the same way, deacons[a](A) are to be worthy of respect, sincere, not indulging in much wine,(B) and not pursuing dishonest gain.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 3:8 The word deacons refers here to Christians designated to serve with the overseers/elders of the church in a variety of ways; similarly in verse 12; and in Romans 16:1 and Phil. 1:1.