6 Bible Verses about Farewells
Most Relevant Verses
Finally, brothers, good-bye [or, "be glad"]. Be fully restored [spiritually]. Be comforted [or, "exhort one another"]. Think alike on things. Be at peace among yourselves. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
Then another person said [to Jesus], "Lord, I will become your follower, but first let me say goodbye to my family." [Note: There was the likelihood that family members might try to dissuade him from his commitment to follow the Lord].
So, he left them, saying, "I will come back to you if it is God's will." Then He sailed from Ephesus.
What saddened them most of all was when Paul said that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to his ship.
You heard me say to you, 'I am going away and I am returning to you.' If you [really] loved me, you would have been happy that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.