'Away' in the Bible

I know a man who belongs to the Messiah. Fourteen years ago whether in his body or outside of his body, I do not know, but God knows that man was snatched away to the third heaven.

And I know that such a man—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, [only] God knows—

was snatched away to Paradise and heard things that cannot be expressed in words, things that no human being has a right even to mention.

Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times to take it away from me.

I said before, and still say it before I come, as being present for the second time, though I am still away from you, to those who have done wrong before, and to all the others, that if I come again I will not have pity;

For this reason I am writing this while I am away from you: When I come I do not want to be severe in using the authority the Lord gave me to build you up and not to tear you down.

I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from Him who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—

nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before me. Instead, I went away to Arabia and then came back to Damascus.

And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.

But what does the Scripture say?“Cast out the bondwoman [Hagar] and her son [Ishmael],For never shall the son of the bondwoman be heir and share the inheritance with the son of the free woman.”

Those of you who are trying to be justified by the Law have been cut off from the Messiah. You have fallen away from grace.

And I, brethren, if uncircumcision I yet preach, why yet am I persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away;

But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah.

He made of no effect the law consisting of commands and expressed in regulations, so that He might create in Himself one new man from the two, resulting in peace.

When the Messiah came, He proclaimed the good news of peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:

The only thing that matters is that you continue to live as good citizens in a manner worthy of the gospel of the Messiah. Then, whether I come to see you or whether I stay away, I may hear all about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, struggling with one mind for the faith of the gospel,

And you have knowledge, Philippians, that when the good news first came to you, when I went away from Macedonia, no church took part with me in the business of giving to the saints, but you only;

If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

I say this so that you may not be turned away by any deceit of words.

For even though I am absent [from you] in body, nevertheless I am with you in spirit, delighted to see your good discipline [as you stand shoulder to shoulder and form a solid front] and to see the stability of your faith in Christ [your steadfast reliance on Him and your unwavering confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness].

See that no one shall be carrying you away as spoil through the philosophy and vain deceit, according to the deliverance of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ,

having erased the charges that were brought against us, along with their obligations that were hostile to us. He took those charges away when he nailed them to the cross.

But now you must also put away all the following: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.

Do not make false statements to one another; because you have put away the old man with all his doings,

For people keep telling us what kind of welcome you gave us and how you turned away from idols to serve a living and true God

But we, my brothers, being away from you for a short time, in body but not in heart, had all the more desire to see your face;

For this is God's will: that you become holy, that you keep away from sexual immorality,

Now, concerning those who from time to time pass away, we would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, lest you should mourn as others do who have no hope.

For if we believe that Jesus has died and risen again, we also believe that, through Jesus, God will bring with Him those who shall have passed away.

For this we declare to you on the Lord's own authority--that we who are alive and continue on earth until the Coming of the Lord, shall certainly not forestall those who shall have previously passed away.

then we who are living, who are remaining over, together with them shall be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in air, and so always with the Lord we shall be;

When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.

Stay away from every kind of evil.

These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction from the Lord’s presence and from His glorious strength

Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

and then the Lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will sweep away with the tempest of His anger, and utterly overwhelm by the awful splendour of His Coming.

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from every brother who walks irresponsibly and not according to the tradition received from us.

And if any man does not give attention to what we have said in this letter, take note of that man, and keep away from him, so that he may be shamed.

Some have strayed from these and turned away to empty discussion.

Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,

For everything God has created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude;

But refuse to enroll younger widows, for when they are drawn away from Christ by desire, they want to marry

having judgment, because the first faith they did cast away,

For some have already turned away to follow Satan.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.

But you, as a person dedicated to God, keep away from all that. Instead pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, endurance, and gentleness.

O Timothy, guard that which is committed unto thee , turning away from the profane babblings and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;

Through which some, who gave their minds to it, have been turned away from the faith. Grace be with you.

This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, having this inscription:The Lord knows those who are His, andEveryone who names the name of the Lordmust turn away from unrighteousness.

But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

And put away foolish and uncontrolled questionings, seeing that they are a cause of trouble.

Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

For Demas has gone away from me, for love of this present life, and has gone to Thessalonica: Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

At my first meeting with my judges, no one took my part, but all went away from me. May it not be put to their account.

I did not take you with me when I went away from Crete, so that you might do what was necessary to put things in order there, placing men in authority over the churches in every town, as I said to you;

not giving heed to Jewish fables and commands of men, turning themselves away from the truth;

Training us so that, turning away from evil and the desires of this world, we may be living wisely and uprightly in the knowledge of God in this present life;

and foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about law, stand away from -- for they are unprofitable and vain.

We must, therefore, pay even more attention to what we have heard, so that we will not drift away.

See to it, my brothers, that no evil, unbelieving heart is found in any of you, as shown by your turning away from the living God.

and have realized how good the word of God is and how mighty are the powers of the coming Age, and then fell away--

If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

For God is true, and will not put away from him the memory of your work and of your love for his name, in the help which you gave and still give to the saints.

In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

And for this cause it is through him that a new agreement has come into being, so that after the errors under the first agreement had been taken away by his death, the word of God might have effect for those who were marked out for an eternal heritage.

For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

so the Messiah was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people. And he will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly wait for him.

For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:

not staying away from our worship meetings, as some habitually do, but encouraging each other, and all the more as you see the day drawing near.

Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.

For you have need of patient endurance [to bear up under difficult circumstances without compromising], so that when you have carried out the will of God, you may receive and enjoy to the full what is promised.

By faith Enoch was taken away so he did not experience death, and he was not to be found because God took him away. For prior to his removal he was approved, since he had pleased God.

All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.

He considered the reproach of the Christ [that is, the rebuke he would suffer for his faithful obedience to God] to be greater wealth than all the treasures of Egypt; for he looked ahead to the reward [promised by God].

Put out the power of fire, got safely away from the edge of the sword, were made strong when they had been feeble, became full of power in war, and put to flight the armies of the nations.

[looking away from all that will distract us and] focusing our eyes on Jesus, who is the Author and Perfecter of faith [the first incentive for our belief and the One who brings our faith to maturity], who for the joy [of accomplishing the goal] set before Him endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God [revealing His deity, His authority, and the completion of His work].

For you have knowledge that even long after, when he was desiring the blessing for his heritage, he was turned away, though he made his request frequently and with weeping; because the past might not be changed.

See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

And the words, Still one more, make it clear that there will be a taking away of those things which are shaking, as of things which are made, so that there may be only those things of which no shaking is possible.

Stop being carried away by all kinds of unusual teachings, for it is good that the heart be strengthened by grace, not by food laws that have never helped those who follow them.

But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

For he looks at himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

Likewise, Rahab the prostitute was justified through actions when she welcomed the messengers and sent them away on a different road, wasn't she?

Therefore, submit yourselves to God. Resist the Devil, and he will run away from you.

Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.