ἀναγκάζω

“Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ.”

“When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?””

“Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to Bethsaida, while He dismissed the crowd.”

“I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.”

“Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.”

“Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to the other side, while He dismissed the crowds.”

“But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, even though I have no charge to bring against my nation.”

“I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.”