Enjoin

Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,

But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,

And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.

Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;