'Unless' in the Bible

For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

How else can someone enter a strong man's house and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can thoroughly plunder the house.

and said, "I tell you the truth, unless you turn around and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven!

He went away a second time and prayed, "My Father, if this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will must be done."

But no one is able to enter a strong man's house and steal his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can thoroughly plunder his house.

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they perform a ritual washing, holding fast to the tradition of the elders.

And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches.)

But he said to them, "You give them something to eat." They replied, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish -- unless we go and buy food for all these people."

No, I tell you! But unless you repent, you will all perish as well!

No, I tell you! But unless you repent you will all perish as well!"

came to Jesus at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs that you do unless God is with him."

Jesus replied, "I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

Jesus answered, "I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born of water and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

John replied, "No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.

So Jesus said to him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders you will never believe!"

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

Jesus said to them, "I tell you the solemn truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in yourselves.

So Jesus added, "Because of this I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has allowed him to come."

"Our law doesn't condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?"

Thus I told you that you will die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."

I tell you the solemn truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces much grain.

Remain in me, and I will remain in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me.

Jesus replied, "You would have no authority over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of greater sin."

The other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he replied, "Unless I see the wounds from the nails in his hands, and put my finger into the wounds from the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe it!"

The man replied, "How in the world can I, unless someone guides me?" So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

Now some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."

Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, "Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved."

And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How timely is the arrival of those who proclaim the good news."

I wish you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be strengthened.

Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I help you unless I speak to you with a revelation or with knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

It is similar for lifeless things that make a sound, like a flute or harp. Unless they make a distinction in the notes, how can what is played on the flute or harp be understood?

and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you -- unless you believed in vain.

Fool! What you sow will not come to life unless it dies.

Put yourselves to the test to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize regarding yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you -- unless, indeed, you fail the test!

No widow should be put on the list unless she is at least sixty years old, was the wife of one husband,

Do not accept an accusation against an elder unless it can be confirmed by two or three witnesses.

Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he will not be crowned as the winner unless he competes according to the rules.

Look! I am throwing her onto a bed of violent illness, and those who commit adultery with her into terrible suffering, unless they repent of her deeds.

Thus no one was allowed to buy or sell things unless he bore the mark of the beast -- that is, his name or his number.