(although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were), 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 he was a son, he learned obedience through the things he suffered. ¹ 

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 

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

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

Although they claimed ¹  to be wise, they became fools

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

“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.’

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 

¹ When Pharaoh released ²  the people, God did not lead them ³  by the way to the land ⁴  of the Philistines, ⁵  although ⁶  that was nearby, for God said, ⁷  “Lest ⁸  the people change their minds ⁹  and return to Egypt when they experience war.”

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 

So Simon Peter went aboard and pulled the net to shore. It was ¹  full of large fish, one hundred fifty-three, ²  but although there were so many, the net was not torn.

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 

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 ¹  before God.

I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me and dug a pit to trap me. ¹ 

They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowds ¹  regarded him as a prophet.