The Bible teaches that the body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, and as such, it should be honored and cared for. In 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, believers are reminded to glorify God with their bodies, while Proverbs 23:20-21 cautions against overindulgence, warning that it can lead to poverty and want. A balanced approach to eating and drinking is encouraged, as seen in Proverbs 30:8, which asks for neither poverty nor riches, but enough to satisfy. Those who prioritize earthly pleasures, including excessive food and drink, are said to have their minds set on earthly things, as noted in Philippians 3:19.
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Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat. For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
Beloved, I pray that in every way you may prosper and enjoy good health, as your soul also prospers.
Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good. In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost! Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize. Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable. Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air. No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.