'Even' in the Bible

I tell you that to everyone who has, more shall be given, but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away.

saying, “If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.

But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the burning bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

But you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death,

So you also, when you see these things happening, recognize that the kingdom of God is near.

But they kept on insisting, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching all over Judea, starting from Galilee even as far as this place.”

And the people stood by, looking on. And even the rulers were sneering at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if this is the Christ of God, His Chosen One.”

But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name,

No one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended from heaven: the Son of Man.

As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up;

For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes.

For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son,

so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself;

Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.”

For not even His brothers were believing in Him.

Jesus answered and said to them, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

But even if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me.

Even in your law it has been written that the testimony of two men is true.

You are doing the deeds of your father.” They said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; we have one Father: God.”

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me.

even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.

Even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.”

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies,

She *said to Him, “Yes, Lord; I have believed that You are the Christ, the Son of God, even He who comes into the world.”

took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began to shout, “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel.”

Nevertheless many even of the rulers believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue;

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

but so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. Get up, let us go from here.

even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life.

I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are.

I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me.

And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they *were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself *would not contain the books that *would be written.

but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”

Even on My bondslaves, both men and women,I will in those days pour forth of My SpiritAnd they shall prophesy.

to such an extent that they even carried the sick out into the streets and laid them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on any one of them.

Upon hearing this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and began to teach.Now when the high priest and his associates came, they called the Council together, even all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison house for them to be brought.

but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them; or else you may even be found fighting against God.”

But He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, and yet, even when he had no child, He promised that He would give it to him as a possession, and to his descendants after him.

Even Simon himself believed; and after being baptized, he continued on with Philip, and as he observed signs and great miracles taking place, he was constantly amazed.

That is why I came without even raising any objection when I was sent for. So I ask for what reason you have sent for me.”

Even saying these things, with difficulty they restrained the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.

for in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His children.’

He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said to him, “No, we have not even heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.”

so that handkerchiefs or aprons were even carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out.

Not only is there danger that this trade of ours fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be regarded as worthless and that she whom all of Asia and the world worship will even be dethroned from her magnificence.”

Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

crying out, “Men of Israel, come to our aid! This is the man who preaches to all men everywhere against our people and the Law and this place; and besides he has even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”

And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew dialect, they became even more quiet; and he *said,

as also the high priest and all the Council of the elders can testify. From them I also received letters to the brethren, and started off for Damascus in order to bring even those who were there to Jerusalem as prisoners to be punished.

And he even tried to desecrate the temple; and then we arrested him. [We wanted to judge him according to our own Law.

And as I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and being furiously enraged at them, I kept pursuing them even to foreign cities.

but kept declaring both to those of Damascus first, and also at Jerusalem and then throughout all the region of Judea, and even to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds appropriate to repentance.

When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even the fast was already over, Paul began to admonish them,

I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that often I have planned to come to you (and have been prevented so far) so that I may obtain some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.

For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

as it is written,“There is none righteous, not even one;

All have turned aside, together they have become useless;There is none who does good,There is not even one.”

even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction;

(as it is written, “A father of many nations have I made you”) in the presence of Him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist.

For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die.

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.

So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men.

For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.

so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so,

And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.

even us, whom He also called, not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles.

What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith;

For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.”

even as the testimony concerning Christ was confirmed in you,

For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.

For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God.

I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able,

What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one.

But to me it is a very small thing that I may be examined by you, or by any human court; in fact, I do not even examine myself.

when we are slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become as the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, even until now.

It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of such a kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles, that someone has his father’s wife.

But actually, I wrote to you not to associate with any so-called brother if he is an immoral person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler—not even to eat with such a one.

Yet I wish that all men were even as I myself am. However, each man has his own gift from God, one in this manner, and another in that.

But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I.

For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords,

Do we not have a right to take along a believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?

Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him,

For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ.

Now I wish that you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy; and greater is one who prophesies than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may receive edifying.

Yet even lifeless things, either flute or harp, in producing a sound, if they do not produce a distinction in the tones, how will it be known what is played on the flute or on the harp?

In the Law it is written, “By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, and even so they will not listen to Me,” says the Lord.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised;

Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised.

For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised;

and perhaps I will stay with you, or even spend the winter, so that you may send me on my way wherever I may go.

For we do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life;

how will the ministry of the Spirit fail to be even more with glory?