Lexicon :: Strong's G318 - anagkē

“Woe to the world because of offenses. For offenses will inevitably come, but woe to that person by whom the offense comes.

“But without exception[fn] they all began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. I ask you to excuse me.’

“Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days, for there will be great distress in the land[fn] and wrath against this people.

Therefore, you must submit, not only because of wrath but also because of your conscience.

Because of the present distress, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is.

But he who stands firm in his heart (who is under no compulsion, but has control over his own will) and has decided in his heart to keep her as his fiancée, will do well.

For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am compelled to preach[fn] ​— ​and woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

Instead, as God’s ministers, we commend ourselves in everything: by great endurance, by afflictions, by hardships, by difficulties,

Each person should do as he has decided in his heart ​— ​not reluctantly or out of compulsion, since God loves a cheerful giver.

So I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and in difficulties, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Therefore, brothers and sisters, in all our distress and affliction, we were encouraged about you through your faith.

But I didn’t want to do anything without your consent, so that your good deed might not be out of obligation, but of your own free will.

For when there is a change of the priesthood, there must be a change of law as well.

He doesn’t need to offer sacrifices every day, as high priests do ​— ​first for their own sins, then for those of the people. He did this once for all time when he offered himself.

Where a will exists, the death of the one who made it must be established.

Therefore, it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves to be purified with better sacrifices than these.

Dear friends, although I was eager to write you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write, appealing to you to contend for the faith that was delivered to the saints once for all.