'Far' in the Bible

Observe the ravens. They neither sow nor reap, and have neither store-chamber nor barn. And yet God feeds them. How far more precious are you than the birds!

"There will be the weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the Prophets in the Kingdom of God, and yourselves being driven far away.

If not, while the other is still far off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.

And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

"So he got up and went to his father. While he was still far away, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, threw his arms around him, and kissed him affectionately.

In the afterlife, where he was in constant torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus by his side.

“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest and saying, ‘God, turn Your wrath from me—a sinner!’

He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.

who swallow up the property of widows and mask their wickedness by making long prayers. They will be punished far more severely than others."

And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.

But they kept on insisting, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching all over Judea, starting from Galilee even as far as this place.”

But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.

And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.

“He who comes from [heaven] above is above all others; he who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks [about things] of the earth [his viewpoint and experience are earthly]. He who comes from heaven is above all.

Then a far larger number of people believed because of His own words,

and not only for the nation, but also for the purpose of gathering together into one body the children of God who have been scattered abroad.

In so far as you have the light, put your faith in the light so that you may become sons of light. With these words Jesus went away and for a time was not seen again by them.

So far you haven't asked for anything in my name. Keep asking and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete."

And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.

For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”

You even took along the tent of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, and the images you made in order to worship them. So I will take you into exile as far as Babylon.'

"I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision: a certain container descending, like it was a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners. It came as far as me.

Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.

Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.

When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came across a sorcerer, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus.

For such is the Lord's command to us. "'I have placed Thee,' He says of Christ, 'as a light to the Gentiles, in order that Thou mayest be a Saviour as far as the remotest parts of the earth.'"

They went as far as Mysia and tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them,

Then immediately the brethren sent Paul out to go as far as the sea; and Silas and Timothy remained there.

Those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving instructions for Silas and Timothy to come to him as quickly as possible, they departed.

That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

And there accompanied him as far as Asia, Sopater son of Pyrrhus, a Berean; and of Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius and Timotheus of Derbe, and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.

And it happened that when our days were over, we departed [and] went on our way, [while] all [of them] accompanied us, together with [their] wives and children, as far as outside the city. And [after] falling to our knees on the beach [and] praying,

"But on my way, when I was now not far from Damascus, about noon a sudden blaze of light from Heaven shone round me.

And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.

And they gave him a hearing as far as this word; then with loud voices they said, Away with this man from the earth; it is not right for him to be living.

And having called to him certain two of the centurions, he said, Prepare two hundred soldiers that they may go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred light-armed footmen, for the third hour of the night.

So, in obedience to their orders, the soldiers took Paul and brought him by night as far as Antipatris.

And throughout all the synagogues I punished them often [and] tried to force [them] to blaspheme, and [because I] was enraged at them beyond measure, I was pursuing [them] even as far as to foreign cities.

Sailing slowly for many days, we came with difficulty as far as Cnidus. Since the wind did not allow us to approach it, we sailed along the south side of Crete off Salmone.

Our voyage thus far had occupied a considerable time, and the navigation being now unsafe and the Fast also already over, Paul warned them.

And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.

I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that often I have planned to come to you (and have been prevented so far) so that I may obtain some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.

so, as far as depends on me, am I ready to announce the glad tidings to you also who are in Rome.

Far be the thought: but let God be true, and every man false; according as it is written, So that thou shouldest be justified in thy words, and shouldest overcome when thou art in judgment.

Far be the thought: since how shall God judge the world?

For all have done wrong and are far from the glory of God;

Do we then make void law by faith? Far be the thought: no, but we establish law.

Of course not! How can we who died as far as sin is concerned go on living in it?

For when he died, he died once and for all as far as sin is concerned. But now that he is alive, he lives for God.

In the same way, you too must continuously consider yourselves dead as far as sin is concerned, but living for God through the Messiah Jesus.

What then? should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Far be the thought.

For when you were slaves of sin, you were "free" as far as righteousness was concerned.

In the same way, my brothers, through the Messiah's body you also died as far as the Law is concerned, so that you may belong to another person, the one who was raised from the dead, and may bear fruit for God.

What shall we say then? is the law sin? Far be the thought. But I had not known sin, unless by law: for I had not had conscience also of lust unless the law had said, Thou shalt not lust;

Did then that which is good become death to me? Far be the thought. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death to me by that which is good; in order that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.

To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to His natural descent, came the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), He who is exalted and supreme over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

and though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything either good or bad, so that God’s purpose [His choice, His election] would stand, not because of works [done by either child], but because of [the plan of] Him who calls them,

What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Far be the thought.

"It is for this very purpose that I have lifted you so high--that I may make manifest in you My power, and that My name may be proclaimed far and wide in all the earth."

For the Messiah is the culmination of the Law as far as righteousness is concerned for everyone who believes.

But I say, did they not hear? Indeed they have;“Their voice [that of creation bearing God’s message] has gone out to all the earth,And their words to the [farthest] ends of the world.”

I say then, Has God cast away his people? Far be the thought. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

I say then, Have they stumbled in order that they might fall? Far be the thought: but by their fall there is salvation to the nations to provoke them to jealousy.

But I say to you, Gentiles, in so far as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I make much of my position:

As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies for your sake, but as far as election is concerned, they are loved for the sake of their ancestors.

If possible, so far as it depends on you, live in peace with all people.

The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of God's Spirit, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of the Messiah from Jerusalem as far as Illyricum.

And so far as I myself was concerned, I came to you in conscious feebleness and in fear and in deep anxiety.

So far from doing this, you yourselves do wrong and take your brothers' property.

Do ye not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then, taking the members of the Christ, make them members of a harlot? Far be the thought.

If anyone seems to himself to have knowledge, so far he has not the right sort of knowledge about anything;

But I, for my part, have not used, and do not use, my full rights in any of these things. Nor do I now write with that object so far as I myself am concerned, for I would rather die than have anybody make this boast of mine an empty one.

And do not let us test the Lord too far, as some of them tested Him and were destroyed by the serpents.

If, so far as I am concerned, I partake with a grateful heart, why am I to be found fault with in regard to a thing for which I give thanks?"

Be imitators of me, in so far as I in turn am an imitator of Christ.

and desire earnestly the better gifts; and yet a far excelling way do I shew to you:

It is a joy to me that Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus have now arrived, because what was wanting so far as you are concerned they have supplied.

But, so far as I am concerned, I have resolved not to have a painful visit the next time I come to see you.

will not the service of the Spirit be far more glorious?

For if the service which pronounces doom had glory, far more glorious still is the service which tells of righteousness.

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

As it is said in the Writings, He has sent out far and wide, he has given to the poor; his righteousness is for ever.

But we will not boast beyond our measure, but within the measure of the sphere which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even as far as you.

For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:

Then we can preach the gospel in the regions far beyond you without boasting about things already accomplished by someone else.

Are they servants of Christ?I’m talking like a madman—I’m a better one:with far more labors,many more imprisonments,far worse beatings, near death many times.

I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries, because I was far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.

And I was still unknown by sight to the churches which were in Christ in Judea (Jerusalem and the surrounding region);

Now if in seeking to be justified in Christ we also have been found sinners, then is Christ minister of sin? Far be the thought.

Is then the law against the promises of God? Far be the thought. For if a law had been given able to quicken, then indeed righteousness were on the principle of law;

I wish those agitators would go so far as to castrate themselves!

But far be it from me to boast save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.

Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

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

For it is through Him that we both have a [direct] way of approach in one Spirit to the Father.

and [that you may come] to know [practically, through personal experience] the love of Christ which far surpasses [mere] knowledge [without experience], that you may be filled up [throughout your being] to all the fullness of God [so that you may have the richest experience of God’s presence in your lives, completely filled and flooded with God Himself].

But to him that is able to do far exceedingly above all which we ask or think, according to the power which works in us,