Away

“Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you! Get up and put away your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up,

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!”

As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.

And he drove them away from the judgment seat.

And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, this Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.

Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.

After we had torn ourselves away from them, we sailed directly to Cos, and the next day on to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

For the crowd that followed him kept shouting, “Away with him!”

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’

Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.

All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”

And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”

Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.

…and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.

…but when the perfect comes, the partial passes away.

For if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which endures!

We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away.

But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

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 always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.

We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

So we aspire to please Him, whether we are at home in this body or away from it.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.

Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.

You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.

He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”

…having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!

Brothers, although we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), our desire to see you face to face was even more intense.

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received from us.

But refuse to enroll younger widows. For when their passions draw them away from Christ, they will want to marry,

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

…which some have professed and thus swerved away from the faith. Grace be with you all.

Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”

…having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!

So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.

…and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame.

Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

…because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

Then He adds, “Here I am, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first to establish the second.

Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.

But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.

For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.

…and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.

It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.

Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.

The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.

But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.

Then another horse went forth. It was bright red, and its rider was granted permission to take away peace from the earth and to make men slay one another. And he was given a great sword.

For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”

They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.

Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.

And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”

‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”

And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,

And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.

And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.