ἀνάγκη

“Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!”

“Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.”

“Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!”

“Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.”

“Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.”

“But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well.”

“That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”

“For this reason, brothers, in all our distress and persecution, we have been reassured about you, because of your faith.”

“Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.”