8 Bible Verses about Outward Compulsion
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Now as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to carry his cross.
Then they compelled a certain man, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, as he was coming out of the country and passing by, to carry his cross.
And a great multitude of the people followed him, and women who also mourned and lamented him.
Then the master said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not in the least inferior to these super-apostles, even though I am nothing.
Those who want to make a good showing in the flesh try to compel you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.