(although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were), ¹ 

Although he was a son, he learned obedience through the things he suffered. ¹ 

although ¹  there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.

although you know ¹  that I am not guilty, and that there is no one who can deliver ²  out of your hand?

Although I trained and strengthened them, ¹  they plot evil against me!

“‘You said, “These two nations, these two lands ¹  will be mine, and we will possess them,” ²  – although the Lord was there –

Although they claimed ¹  to be wise, they became fools

Although ¹  Herod ²  wanted to kill John, ³  he feared the crowd because they accepted John as a prophet.

Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.

These people make promises in the name of the Lord. ¹  But the fact is, ²  what they swear to is really a lie.” ³ 

Concerning my right, should I lie? ¹  My wound ²  is incurable, although I am without transgression.’ ³ 

For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, for the oppression ¹  of the king ²  is severe upon his victim. ³ 

Although Jesus ¹  had performed ²  so many miraculous signs before them, they still refused to believe in him,

I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions ¹  to you

If you mistreat my daughters or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no one else is with us, realize ¹  that God is witness to your actions.” ² 

When the news reached Joab (for Joab had supported ¹  Adonijah, although he had not supported Absalom), he ²  ran to the tent of the Lord and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. ³ 

“Therefore say: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Although I have removed them far away among the nations and have dispersed them among the countries, I have been a little ¹  sanctuary for them among the lands where they have gone.’

Have you not seen a false vision and announced a lying omen when you say, “the Lord declares,” although I myself never spoke?

Now I mean that the heir, as long as he is a minor, ¹  is no different from a slave, though he is the owner ²  of everything.

The sin we committed at Peor was bad enough. To this very day we have not purified ourselves; it even brought a plague on the community of the Lord. ¹