'Necessary' in the Bible

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

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.”

Then Paul and Barnabas boldly said: “It was necessary that God’s message be spoken to you first. But since you reject it and consider yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles!

strengthening the disciples by encouraging them to continue in the faith and by telling them, “It is necessary to pass through many troubles on our way into the kingdom of God.”

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!”

For it was the Holy Spirit’s decision—and ours—to put no greater burden on you than these necessary things:

In every way I’ve shown you that by laboring like this, it is necessary to help the weak and to keep in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, for He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

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

But even more, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are necessary.

Therefore I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance the generous gift you promised, so that it will be ready as a gift and not as an extortion.

If boasting is necessary, I will boast about my weaknesses.

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

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

But I considered it necessary to send you Epaphroditus—my brother, coworker, and fellow soldier, as well as your messenger and minister to my need—

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

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

Therefore it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves to be purified with better sacrifices than these.

Dear friends, although I was eager to write you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write and exhort you to contend for the faith that was delivered to the saints once for all.