Bible verses about "awakening" | Thomson

¹ Awake, awake, Sion! clothe thyself, Sion, with thy strength. Put on thy glory. O Jerusalem, thou holy city! No more shall the uncircumcised and the unclean pass through thee.

¹ there being a man of the sect of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; ² when this man came to Jesus by night, and said to him, Rabbi, We know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no one can do the miracles which thou dost, unless God be with him, ³ Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily I say to thee, unless a man be born again, he cannot discern the reign of God. ⁴ Nicodemus saith to him, How can a man be born, when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born? ⁵ Jesus answered, Verily, verily I say to thee, unless a man be born of water and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. ⁶ That which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that which is born of the spirit, is spirit. ⁷ Wonder not at my telling thee, You must be born again. ⁸ That blast of wind bloweth where it pleaseth, and thou hearest the sound of it, but dost not know whence it cometh and whither it goeth. So is every one who is born of the spirit. ⁹ Nicodemus answered, and said to him, How can these things be? ¹⁰ In reply to which, Jesus said to him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and knowest not these things? ¹¹ Verily, verily I say to thee, We speak what we know, and testify what we have seen; yet you do not receive our testimony. ¹² If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe; how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? ¹³ No one indeed hath ascended up into heaven, but he who came down from heaven, namely, the son of man who is in heaven. ¹⁴ But as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the son of man be lifted up, ¹⁵ that whosoever believeth in him may not perish; but have everlasting life. ¹⁶ For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷ For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world may be saved by him. ¹⁸ He who believeth in him will not be condemned; but he who believeth not, is condemned already; because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten son of God. ¹⁹ And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness more than light, because their works were evil. ²⁰ For whosoever doeth evil hateth the light, and doth not come to the light, that his deeds may not be detected. ²¹ But he who practiseth truth cometh to the light, that his works may be open to view, because they are the operations of God." ²² After this, Jesus went with his disciples into the country of Judea, and spent some time with them there, and baptized. ²³ And John also was baptizing at Enon, near Saleim, because there was much water there, and people used to come there and be baptized; ²⁴ for John was not yet thrown into prison. ²⁵ There was therefore a dispute between some of the disciples of John, and the Jews, respecting purification, ²⁶ and they went to John, and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with thee on the bank of the Jordan, to whom thou didst bear testimony, behold he is baptizing, and all are flocking to him. ²⁷ In reply to which, John said, A man can receive nothing from heaven, unless it be given him. ²⁸ You yourselves are witnesses for me that I said, "I am not the Christ; but that I am sent before him. ²⁹ He is the bridegroom, who hath the bride. But the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth exceedingly on the account of the bridegroom's voice. This joy of mine therefore, is complete. ³⁰ He must increase, but I must decrease. ³¹ The one coming from above, is above all. He who is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth. The one coming from heaven is above all, ³² and what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth, yet none receiveth his testimony. ³³ He who hath received his testimony, hath set his seal to this, That God is true. ³⁴ For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God; for God giveth him not the spirit by measure. ³⁵ The father loveth the son, and hath given all things into his hand. ³⁶ He who believeth in the son, hath an everlasting life; but he who disbelieveth the son, shall not see life; but the wrath of God will abide on him.

³ Now when I have gone and prepared a place for you, I will come again and take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.

⁵ not for works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his own mercy; he saved us by a bath of regeneration, and a renewal of a holy spirit,

⁸ He who doth not love hath not known God, for God is love. ⁹ By this the love of God was manifested among us, because God sent his only begotten son into the world, that we may live by him. ¹⁰ In this is the love; not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his son to be an atonement for our sins. ¹¹ Beloved, if God so loved us; we surely ought to love one another. ¹² No one hath ever seen God. If we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

¹¹ Thus he spake, and after that he saith to them, Our friend Lazarus is composed to rest; but I am going to wake him. ¹² Thereupon his disciples said, Master, if he is composed to rest, he will recover. ¹³ Now Jesus spoke of his death; but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep. ¹⁴ Therefore Jesus then told them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

¹¹ Furthermore, as we know the season, that it is now high time for us to rouse from sleep, for our deliverance is nearer now than when we first believed:

¹⁴ therefore it is said, "Awake thou who sleepest and arise from the dead and the Christ will shine upon thee.