'Absent' in the Bible
and Mizpah, for he said, “May the Lord watch between you and me when we are absent one from the other.
For I, on my part, though absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged him who has so committed this, as though I were present.
Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord—
we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.
Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him.
Now I, Paul, myself urge you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am meek when face to face with you, but bold toward you when absent!
Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when absent, such persons we are also in deed when present.
I have previously said when present the second time, and though now absent I say in advance to those who have sinned in the past and to all the rest as well, that if I come again I will not spare anyone,
For this reason I am writing these things while absent, so that when present I need not use severity, in accordance with the authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.
Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
For even though I am absent in body, nevertheless I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good discipline and the stability of your faith in Christ.
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- Absent (17 instances)
- Away (3264 instances)
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