11 Bible Verses about Gone Away

Thomas, one of the twelve--surnamed 'the Twin' --was not among them when Jesus came.

For although, as you say, I am absent from you in body, yet in spirit I am present with you and am delighted to witness your good discipline and the solid front presented by your faith in Christ.

When however the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they themselves also took boats and came to Capernaum to look for Jesus.

"Lazarus is dead; and for your sakes I am glad I was not there, in order that you may believe. But let us go to him."

I for my part, present with you in spirit although absent in body, have already, as though I were present, judged him who has so acted.

So we have a cheerful confidence, and we anticipate with greater delight being banished from the body and going home to the Lord.

And for this reason also we make it our ambition, whether at home or in exile, to please Him perfectly.

But as for me Paul, I entreat you by the gentleness and self-forgetfulness of Christ--I who when among you have not an imposing personal presence, but when absent am fearlessly outspoken in dealing with you.

Let such people take this into their reckoning, that whatever we are in word by our letters when absent, the same are we also in act when present.

For this reason I write thus while absent, that when present I may not have to act severely in the exercise of the authority which the Lord has given me for building up, and not for pulling down.

Therefore, my dearly-loved friends, as I have always found you obedient, labour earnestly with fear and trembling--not merely as though I were present with you, but much more now since I am absent from you--labour earnestly, I say, to make sure of your own salvation.