'Though' in the Bible

For rarely will someone die for a just person—though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die.

But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.

For though her sons had not been born yet or done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to election might stand—

But Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:Though the number of Israel’s sonsis like the sand of the sea,only the remnant will be saved;

Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, though a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them and have come to share in the rich root of the cultivated olive tree,

Now some are inflated with pride, as though I were not coming to you.

For though I am absent in body but present in spirit, I have already decided about the one who has done this thing as though I were present.

And I say this, brothers: The time is limited, so from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none,

those who weep as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess,

and those who use the world as though they did not make full use of it. For this world in its current form is passing away.

To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win Jews; to those under the law, like one under the law—though I myself am not under the law—to win those under the law.

For as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of that body, though many, are one body—so also is Christ.

Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day.

So, we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord.

For even if I grieved you with my letter, I do not regret it—even though I did regret it since I saw that the letter grieved you, yet only for a little while.

So even though I wrote to you, it was not because of the one who did wrong, or because of the one who was wronged, but in order that your diligence for us might be made plain to you in the sight of God.

I don’t want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters.

Though untrained in public speaking, I am certainly not untrained in knowledge. Indeed, we have always made that clear to you in everything.

I have become a fool; you forced it on me. I should have been endorsed by you, since I am not in any way inferior to the “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

Now we pray to God that you do nothing wrong—not that we may appear to pass the test, but that you may do what is right, even though we may appear to fail.

But not even Titus who was with me, though he was a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.

Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say “and to seeds,” as though referring to many, but referring to one, and to your seed, who is Christ.

Now I say that as long as the heir is a child, he differs in no way from a slave, though he is the owner of everything.

You did not despise or reject me though my physical condition was a trial for you. On the contrary, you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus Himself.

made us alive with the Messiah even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace!

Though He was God’s Son, He learned obedience through what He suffered.

Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the basic principles of God’s revelation again. You need milk, not solid food.

Even though we are speaking this way, dear friends, in your case we are confident of the better things connected with salvation.

The sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have a command according to the law to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they have also descended from Abraham.

By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was approved as a righteous man, because God approved his gifts, and even though he is dead, he still speaks through his faith.

By faith even Sarah herself, when she was unable to have children, received power to conceive offspring, even though she was past the age, since she considered that the One who had promised was faithful.

By faith they crossed the Red Sea as though they were on dry land. When the Egyptians attempted to do this, they were drowned.

For you know that later, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected because he didn’t find any opportunity for repentance, though he sought it with tears.

Remember the prisoners, as though you were in prison with them, and the mistreated, as though you yourselves were suffering bodily.

And consider ships: Though very large and driven by fierce winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.

So too, though the tongue is a small part of the body, it boasts great things. Consider how large a forest a small fire ignites.

You rejoice in this, though now for a short time you have had to struggle in various trials

so that the genuineness of your faith—more valuable than gold, which perishes though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

You love Him, though you have not seen Him. And though not seeing Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with inexpressible and glorious joy,

Therefore I will always remind you about these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you have.

Though I have many things to write to you, I don’t want to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to be with you and talk face to face so that our joy may be complete.

Now I want to remind you, though you know all these things: The Lord first saved a people out of Egypt and later destroyed those who did not believe;