113 occurrences in 13 translations

'Necessary' in the Bible

Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come.

Verse ConceptsNecessityWoeDenunciationsCausing Others To StumbleSure KnowledgeWoe To The WickedTemptationOvercoming AdversityOvercoming Obstacles

They asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first [before the Messiah comes]?”

Verse ConceptsTeachablenessTeachers Of The LawPeople Going BeforeWhy Do Others Do This?

When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed (frightened, troubled); these things must take place, but the end is not yet.

Verse ConceptsTrouble, Causes OfCivil StrifeRumoursWarsEnd Of The WorldPrinciples Of WarSigns Of The TimesWarrumors

And he spake the more vehemently, 'If it may be necessary for me to die with thee -- I will in no wise deny thee;' and in like manner also said they all.

Verse Conceptsdenial of Jesus ChristPeter, The DiscipleResigned To Deathvulnerabilitydenial

And when the necessary days for making them clean by the law of Moses had come to an end, they took him to Jerusalem to give him to the Lord

Verse ConceptsBaby dedicationPurificationPurity, Nature OfPurifying OneselfThe Law Given To IsraelJesus Birth

but one thing is necessary. Mary has made the right choice, and it will not be taken away from her.”

Verse ConceptsNeedHalf Of ThingsDoing The Right ThingBeauty And Self Worth

But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, answered [and] said to the crowd, "There are six days on which it is necessary to work. Therefore come [and] be healed on them, and not on the day of the Sabbath!"

Verse ConceptsDays, Natural UsePharisees, Beliefs OfLegalismSix DaysAngry With ChristDoing One's WorkJesus HealingThe Sabbath And ChristJesus Healing On Sabbath

And this woman, who is a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan bound {eighteen} long years--is it not necessary that she be released from this bond on the day of the Sabbath?"

Verse ConceptsdaughtersCripplesevil, origins ofPainRescueSatan, Defeat OfSatan, Kingdom OfBindingSatan, Work Of15 To 20 YearsChildren Of AbrahamOn The SabbathJesus Healing On Sabbath

Nevertheless, it is necessary [for] me to be on the way today and tomorrow and on the next [day], because it is not possible [for] a prophet to perish outside Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsProphets KilledTodayhumortomorrow

And they all gave reasons why they were not able to come. The first said to him, I have got a new field, and it is necessary for me to go and see it: I am full of regret that I am unable to come.

Verse ConceptsComplacencyBuying and sellingLove, Abuse OfReal EstateGuest Rooms

But it was necessary to celebrate and to rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead, and is alive, and was lost, and is found!'"

Verse ConceptsAlive, Description OfBeing Dead In SinSpiritually DeadLost People

But first it is necessary [for] him to suffer many [things], and to be rejected by this generation.

Verse ConceptsNecessitySuffering, Of Jesus ChristRejection Of ChristFirst ActionsRejection

And when he came to the place, Jesus looked up [and] said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down quickly, because it is necessary [for] me to stay at your house today!"

Verse ConceptsMan Going DownTodayHurrying Others OnStaying Temporarily

And the day of the feast of Unleavened Bread came, on which it was necessary [for] the Passover lamb to be sacrificed.

Verse ConceptsPassover lambLambsTypesluck

for it was necessary for him to release to them one at every feast,

Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?”

Verse ConceptsForeknowledgeGospel, Historical Foundation OfForeknowledge Of Christ

And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.

Verse ConceptsProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtScripture, Purpose OfTypesChrist's Fulfilment Of ProphecyChrist And The ScripturesScriptures FulfilledWritten In The ProphetsWritten In The LawThe Bible Being About JesusProphecythe Law of mosesProphecies concerningEverything Happening For A Reasonprophetsfulfillment

He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Of Jesus ChristForeknowledge Of ChristThe Third Day Of The WeekChrist Would Rise

Do not be astonished that I said to you, 'It is necessary for you to be born from above.'

Verse Conceptsrebirth

Now it was necessary for him to go through Samaria.

Verse ConceptsNecessityMan's Needs

Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one ought to worship is in Jerusalem [at the temple].”

Verse ConceptsSamaritansWorship, Places OfAncestorsHow To Worship God

Then the people in answer said to him, The law says that the Christ will have life without end: how say you then that it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?

Verse ConceptsCrowdsJesus Christ, Eternity OfPermanenceForetelling Christ's DeathWho Is Jesus?Christ's Crucifixion ForetoldGod Is UnchangingMinistry Of The Son Of Man

(For they did not yet know the scripture that it was necessary for him to rise from the dead.)

Verse ConceptsNecessityChrist Would RiseNot Understanding SayingsUse Of The Scriptureslungs

Brethren, it was necessary that the scripture should have been fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before, by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who became guide to those who took Jesus;

Verse ConceptsPeter, Preacher And TeacherInspiration Of The Holy Spirit, Purpose OfThe Holy Spirit, And ScripturePredicting The FutureArresting ChristScriptures FulfilledInspirationfulfillment

It is necessary therefore, that of the men who have assembled with us all the time in which the Lord Jesus came in and went out among us,

Verse ConceptsMinistry, Qualifications ForLiving TogetherChrist With People On EarthGoing Out And Coming In

beginning from the baptism of John until the day He was taken up from us—from among these, it is necessary that one become a witness with us of His resurrection.”

Verse ConceptsBeginning Of SalvationContemporary Witness To ChristChrist Is Risen

Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtCourage, In Facing EnemiesBoldness, Proclaiming Gospeldenial of Jesus ChristNecessityRejection Of GodRejection Of God's CallUnworthinessAdvice, Rejecting God's AdvicePreaching Gospel To ForeignersNot Maintaining LifeTo The Jew Firstholy Boldness

But some of the believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to command them to keep the law of Moses!”

Verse ConceptsExclusivenessCircumcision, physicalBelieversHeresiesJudaismSectsNecessity Of CircumcisionThose Who Believed In ChristKeep The Commandments!pharisees

explaining and pointing out [scriptural evidence] that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I am proclaiming to you, is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed).”

Verse ConceptsHeraldPreaching ChristSaid To Be The ChristChrist Would Rise

Now when these [things] were completed, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, saying, "After I have been there, it is necessary [for] me to see Rome also."

Verse ConceptsempiresNecessityRomeVisitingLed By The Spirit

these things, then, not being to be gainsaid, it is necessary for you to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.

Verse ConceptsQuietnessRashnessSure KnowledgeDo Not Be Rashimpulsiveness

You yourselves have seen that with these hands I got what was necessary for me and those who were with me.

Verse ConceptsPoverty, Remedies ForIndustryActing For Oneselfprovidingministering

Go with these, and make yourself clean with them, and make the necessary payments for them, so that they may be free from their oath: and everyone will see that the statements made about you are not true, but that you put yourself under rule, and keep the law.

Verse ConceptsShavingPurifying OneselfPaying For GoodsKeep The Commandments!

Then Paul took the men, and on the day after, making himself clean with them, he went into the Temple, giving out the statement that the days necessary for making them clean were complete, till the offering was made for every one of them.

Verse ConceptsPurity, Nature OfGiving InformationPurifying Oneselfaccomplishment

But Paul said, "I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where it is necessary [for] me to be judged. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.

Verse ConceptsRoman CitizensStandingCourt SessionsIsrael HardenedJudgement Seat

In fact, I myself supposed it was necessary to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

and said, ‘Stop being afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has given you [the lives of] all those who are sailing with you.’

Verse ConceptsFear, Of FutureNot DyingDeath PreventedDo Not Fear For God Will Helpsailing

But it is necessary [that] we run aground on some island."

Therefore I urge you to take [some] food, for this is necessary for your preservation. For not a hair from your head will be lost."

Verse ConceptsHairsHeadsHealthKept Alive By GodHairs ProtectedEncouragementHairpreservation

Who also honoured us with many honours; and when we departed, they laded us with such things as were necessary.

Verse ConceptsPeople Providing

and likewise also the males, abandoning the natural relations with the female, were inflamed in their desire toward one another, males with males committing the shameless deed, and receiving in themselves the penalty that was necessary for their error.

Verse ConceptsBad PeopleIndecencyRetributionPunishment, According To DeedsSodomyRelationship Of Men And WomenErrorgayssexPassionRelationships And DatingBeing GayMan And WomanFalling Away From God

But if you do what is wrong, you should be afraid, for it is not without reason that they bear the sword. Indeed, they are God's servants to administer punishment to anyone who does wrong. Therefore, it is necessary for you to be acquiescent to the authorities, not only for the sake of God's punishment, but also for the sake of your own conscience.

Verse Conceptsethics, socialLeaders, PoliticalBe Subject To PeopleRespecting Authorityconscience

If anyone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the bloom of youth and it seems necessary, he should do what he wishes; he does not sin. Let them marry.

Verse ConceptsVirginMarriage AllowedPassionSame Sex Marriagecouplesactingvirginity

If anyone imagines that he knows and understands anything [of divine matters, without love], he has not yet known as he ought to know.

Verse ConceptsPride, Results OfThe Vanity Of Human KnowledgeDrawbacks To KnowledgeInformation Age

For indeed it is necessary that there be factions among you, in order that those who are approved may become evident among you.

Verse ConceptsDivisions Of OpinionPeople Commended By GodDisunityConflictBeing DifferentBeing Uniquedivisionrecognitiongossipingorder

Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:

Verse ConceptsFeeblenessMan's NeedsTaking Care Of Your BodyThe Bodylungs

for the spirits of prophets are subject to the prophets [the prophecy is under the speaker’s control, and he can stop speaking];

Verse ConceptsControlSubmissionControlling EmotionsProphecySpiritual GiftsGod Being In ControlprophetsorderSelf Control

For it is necessary [for] this perishable [body] to put on incorruptibility, and this mortal [body] to put on immortality.

Verse ConceptsIncorruptibleImmortality, In NtHandicappedTransient BodyPeople Are CorruptibleMoralityinvestingMoral Decay

For it is not necessary for me to write you about this service to the saints,

Verse ConceptsMinistry, Qualifications ForBenevolenceWriting LettersSurplusministering

Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.

Verse ConceptsCovetingGenerosity, HumanResentment, Against PeoplePeople Going BeforePeople PromisingCovetousness

Boasting is necessary. It is not profitable, but I will move on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsSelf ConfidenceVisions From GodPaul's BoastingBoasting

But as for me, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision [as I had done before I met Christ; and as some accuse me of doing now, as necessary for salvation], why am I still being persecuted [by Jews]? In that case the stumbling block of the cross [to unbelieving Jews] has been abolished.

Verse ConceptsAbolitionOffenceNecessity Of CircumcisionSignificance Of Christ's CrucifixionPersecution

From now on let no one trouble me [by making it necessary for me to justify my authority as an apostle, and the absolute truth of the gospel], for I bear on my body the branding-marks of Jesus [the wounds, scars, and other outward evidence of persecutions—these testify to His ownership of me].

Verse ConceptsBodyInjuryMortificationPaul, Apostle To GentilesPersecution, Forms OfSealsSuffering, Of BelieversChrist's WoundsNo TroubleSigns Attending Christproblemsbrandingefficiencyscars

for the sake of which I am an ambassador in chains, that {in them} I may speak freely, as it is necessary for me to speak.

Verse ConceptsAmbassadorsenvoyChainsDuties Of Christian ServantsAmbassadors, Figurative UseIron ChainsA Bold FrontAmbassadors For ChristBoldness

but to remain in the flesh is more necessary for you.

Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.

Verse ConceptsGood FriendsFellowship, In Christian ServiceAliancesFellow WorkersMessengerMissionaries, Support ForSoldiersVisitingFriendship, Examples Ofministering

so that I may reveal it, as it is necessary for me to speak.

Verse ConceptsMaking The Message ClearBoldness

Finally therefore, brothers, we ask you and appeal to [you] in the Lord Jesus that, just as you have received from us how it is necessary for you to live and to please God, just as indeed you are living, that you progress even more.

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to Godethics, incentives towardsAskingPleasing GodWatchfulness, Of LeadersBeing DevoutAbounding, Good ThingsGrowth In GraceLast WordsEncouraging One AnotherEncouraging Othersencouraginguplifting

For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example, because we did not act in an undisciplined or inappropriate manner when we were with you [we were never idle or lazy, nor did we avoid our duties],

Verse Conceptsdiscipleship, nature ofImitatingLaborImitating Good People

But it is necessary that he should have also a good testimony from those without, that he may fall not into reproach and the snare of the devil.

Verse ConceptsConsistencyBondage, SpiritualOutsidersReputationSatan, As DeceiverSatan, As TempterEvil TrappingAttitudes Towards ForeignersBeing ReprovedLeadership Qualitiesprepping

And at the same time also, going around from house to house, they learn [to be] idle, and not only idle, but also gossipy and busybodies, saying the things [that are] not necessary.

Verse ConceptsBackbitingBusybodiesGossipHabitsIdlenessLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfRumoursSluggardsIdleness Leads ToMeddlingRecreationSloth, Leads ToNot Being StillNot StillMinding Your Own Businessgossiping

I did not take you with me when I went away from Crete, so that you might do what was necessary to put things in order there, placing men in authority over the churches in every town, as I said to you;

Verse ConceptsAttending Churchelders, in the churchBishops, DutiesIslandsLeaders, SpiritualOfficersOrdinationPaul, Life OfOrderliness In Corporate WorshipOrder In Pastoral CareChurch GovernmentDiscipline Of The ChurchChurch OrderAdministrationPutting In OrderMan Appointing

It is necessary to silence them; they overthrow whole households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.

Verse ConceptsProfitsSelf IndulgenceSacrilegeMisteachingRelatives Also InvolvedDishonestyFamiliesvulnerability

Because of this, [it is] all the more necessary [that] we pay attention to the [things] we have heard, lest we drift away.

Verse ConceptsBacksliding, CausesFaith, As A Body Of Beliefsdoubt, results ofWatchfulness, Of BelieversTaking HeedResponsible To Warnattention

For it was fitting for God [that is, an act worthy of His divine nature] that He, for whose sake are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the author and founder of their salvation perfect through suffering [bringing to maturity the human experience necessary for Him to be perfectly equipped for His office as High Priest].

Verse ConceptsGod, Perfection OfIncarnationNaturePerfection, DivineReinstatementGloryNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForAdoption Through ChristExistence Through GodGod's FullnessChrist The BeginningBeginning Of SalvationBelievers As Sons Of GodChrist Made PerfectPeople Made PerfectThe Gospel Of SalvationSufferingRaising Children

Now if perfection [a perfect fellowship between God and the worshiper] had been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people were given the Law) what further need was there for another and different kind of priest to arise, one in the manner of Melchizedek, rather than one appointed to the order of Aaron?

Verse ConceptsAaron, As High PriestHigh Priest, In OtMelchizedekRestored In Jesus ChristPerfection, HumanPriesthood, In NtRitual LawAaron, PositionChrist, The High PriestPeople Made PerfectThe Law Given To IsraelRoyal Priesthoodpriests

Because if the priests are changed, it is necessary to make a change in the law.

Verse ConceptsChangeRiversconnectednesspriests

For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; therefore it was necessary for this priest also to have something to offer.

Verse ConceptsLeaders, SpiritualOffering Sacrifices

“And it will not be [necessary] for each one to teach his fellow citizen,Or each one his brother, saying, ‘Know [by experience, have knowledge of] the Lord,’For all will know [Me by experience and have knowledge of] Me,From the least to the greatest of them.

Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofCovenant, the newLearning From GodGreat And SmallTeaching The Way Of GodCitizensKnowing God

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