8 Bible Verses about Outward Compulsion

And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two.

As they were going out, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry his cross.

The soldiers forced a passerby to carry his cross, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country (he was the father of Alexander and Rufus).

As they led him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country. They placed the cross on his back and made him carry it behind Jesus.

So the master said to his slave, 'Go out to the highways and country roads and urge people to come in, so that my house will be filled.

Then Jesus, because he knew they were going to come and seize him by force to make him king, withdrew again up the mountainside alone.

I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those "super-apostles," even though I am nothing.

Those who want to make a good showing in external matters are trying to force you to be circumcised. They do so only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.