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For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.

With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak.

Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,

Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,

Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,

…and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.

I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them.

Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return.

Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.

Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’

This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’

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

Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how.

Though he was often bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and shattered the shackles. Now there was no one with the strength to subdue him.

But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away, even though it was extremely large.

He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’

He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’

For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.

I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

So if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.”

For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,

He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.

Even though I do not accept human testimony, I say these things so that you may be saved.

But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.

Jesus told him, “Whoever has already bathed needs only to wash his feet, and he will be completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.”

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.

He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.

And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.

But Paul said to the officers, “They beat us publicly without a trial and threw us into prison, even though we are Roman citizens. And now do they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! Let them come themselves and escort us out!”

God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

He had been instructed in the way of the Lord and was fervent in spirit. He spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.

For you have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed our temple nor blasphemed our goddess.

But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, even though I have no charge to bring against my nation.

Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

The one who is physically uncircumcised yet keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.

Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.

But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.

It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.

Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.

For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.

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

To those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.

The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.

After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.

…because a great door for effective work has opened to me, even though many oppose me.

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.

Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.

So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.

I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

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

Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

…though I myself could have such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more:

If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:

For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.

Even though we speak like this, beloved, we are convinced of better things in your case—things that accompany salvation.

Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham.

By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.

…even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”

For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials

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

Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.

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

Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before the Lord.

I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.

Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling.