Tertullian Against Marcion Book V
since both in the destruction of the flesh and in the saving of the spirit there is, on His part, judicial process; and when he bade "the wicked person be put away from the midst of them,"[295]
and, "Thou shalt put away evil from among you."[829]
Tertullian Against Hermogenes
it will be in vain that we labour "to put away evil from the midst of us; "[107]
Origen Commentary on John Book I
His taking away sin is still going on, He is taking it away from every individual in the world, till sin be taken away from the whole world, and the Saviour deliver the kingdom prepared and completed to the Father, a kingdom in which no sin is left at all, and which, therefore, is ready to accept the Father as its king, and which on the other hand is waiting to receive all God has to bestow, fully, and in every part, at that time when the saying[167]