'Though' in the Bible

But they did not find anything, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward

He goes to sleep and gets up, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.

It is like a mustard seed that when sown in the ground, even though it is the smallest of all the seeds in the ground --

Though you have eyes, don't you see? And though you have ears, can't you hear? Don't you remember?

I tell you, even though the man inside will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man's sheer persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.

For a while he refused, but later on he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people,

So they approached the village where they were going. He acted as though he wanted to go farther,

When the head steward tasted the water that had been turned to wine, not knowing where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), he called the bridegroom

He did not give any of it to him for an inheritance, not even a foot of ground, yet God promised to give it to him as his possession, and to his descendants after him, even though Abraham as yet had no child.

Though they found no basis for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed.

But Paul said to the police officers, "They had us beaten in public without a proper trial -- even though we are Roman citizens -- and they threw us in prison. And now they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! They themselves must come and escort us out!"

so that they would search for God and perhaps grope around for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

(as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations"). He is our father in the presence of God whom he believed -- the God who makes the dead alive and summons the things that do not yet exist as though they already do.

(For rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person perhaps someone might possibly dare to die.)

But thanks be to God that though you were slaves to sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching you were entrusted to,

It is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel,

And Isaiah cries out on behalf of Israel, "Though the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved,

but Israel even though pursuing a law of righteousness did not attain it.

For who concedes you any superiority? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as though you did not?

For though you may have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, because I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

For even though I am absent physically, I am present in spirit. And I have already judged the one who did this, just as though I were present.

those who use the world as though they were not using it to the full. For the present shape of this world is passing away.

To the Jews I became like a Jew to gain the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) to gain those under the law.

To those free from the law I became like one free from the law (though I am not free from God's law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law.

For just as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body -- though many -- are one body, so too is Christ.

Then he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.

Last of all, as though to one born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.

Now when I arrived in Troas to proclaim the gospel of Christ, even though the Lord had opened a door of opportunity for me,

So then from now on we acknowledge no one from an outward human point of view. Even though we have known Christ from such a human point of view, now we do not know him in that way any longer.

Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His plea through us. We plead with you on Christ's behalf, "Be reconciled to God!"

For even if I made you sad by my letter, I do not regret having written it (even though I did regret it, for I see that my letter made you sad, though only for a short time).

So then, even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong, or on account of the one who was wronged, but to reveal to you your eagerness on our behalf before God.

For though we live as human beings, we do not wage war according to human standards,

I do not want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters,

For we were not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach as far as you, because we were the first to reach as far as you with the gospel about Christ.

It is necessary to go on boasting. Though it is not profitable, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.

I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those "super-apostles," even though I am nothing.

I said before when I was present the second time and now, though absent, I say again to those who sinned previously and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare anyone,

Brothers and sisters, I offer an example from everyday life: When a covenant has been ratified, even though it is only a human contract, no one can set it aside or add anything to it.

Now I mean that the heir, as long as he is a minor, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything.

and though my physical condition put you to the test, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as though I were an angel of God, as though I were Christ Jesus himself!

even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ -- by grace you are saved! --

Obey with enthusiasm, as though serving the Lord and not people,

who though he existed in the form of God did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped,

so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world

though I am confident in the Lord that I too will be coming to see you soon.

-- though mine too are significant. If someone thinks he has good reasons to put confidence in human credentials, I have more:

For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your morale and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

And even though you were dead in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he nevertheless made you alive with him, having forgiven all your transgressions.

If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world?

Even though they have the appearance of wisdom with their self-imposed worship and false humility achieved by an unsparing treatment of the body -- a wisdom with no true value -- they in reality result in fleshly indulgence.

even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,

For though you should in fact be teachers by this time, you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God's utterances. You have gone back to needing milk, not solid food.

But in your case, dear friends, even though we speak like this, we are convinced of better things relating to salvation.

By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith he still speaks, though he is dead.

By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.

By faith, even though Sarah herself was barren and he was too old, he received the ability to procreate, because he regarded the one who had given the promise to be trustworthy.

By faith he left Egypt without fearing the king's anger, for he persevered as though he could see the one who is invisible.

Remember those in prison as though you were in prison with them, and those ill-treated as though you too felt their torment.

Look at ships too: Though they are so large and driven by harsh winds, they are steered by a tiny rudder wherever the pilot's inclination directs.

Such trials show the proven character of your faith, which is much more valuable than gold -- gold that is tested by fire, even though it is passing away -- and will bring praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.

Now it was for this very purpose that the gospel was preached to those who are now dead, so that though they were judged in the flesh by human standards they may live spiritually by God's standards.

Dear friends, do not be astonished that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as though something strange were happening to you.

Therefore, I intend to remind you constantly of these things even though you know them and are well established in the truth that you now have.

Though I have many other things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come visit you and speak face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

Dear friend, you demonstrate faithfulness by whatever you do for the brothers (even though they are strangers).

Now I desire to remind you (even though you have been fully informed of these facts once for all) that Jesus, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, later destroyed those who did not believe.

When I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but he placed his right hand on me and said: "Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last,