Bible verses about "sleeplessness" | Twentieth_Century

¹⁶ But Jesus used to withdraw to lonely places and pray.

¹ Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a leading man among the Jews. ² This man came to Jesus by night, and said to him: "Rabbi, we know that you are a Teacher come from God; for no one could give such signs as you are giving, unless God were with him." ³ "In truth I tell you," exclaimed Jesus, "unless a man is reborn, he cannot see the Kingdom of God." ⁴ "How can a man," asked Nicodemus, "be born when he is old? Can he be born a second time?" ⁵ "In truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "unless a man owes his birth to Water and Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God. ⁶ All that owes its birth to human nature is human, and all that owes its birth to the Spirit is spiritual. ⁷ Do not wonder at my telling you that you all need to be reborn. ⁸ The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes, or where it goes; it is the same with every one that owes his birth to the Spirit." ⁹ "How can that be?" asked Nicodemus. ¹⁰ "What! You a teacher of Israel," exclaimed Jesus, "and yet do not understand this! ¹¹ In truth I tell you that we speak of what we know, and state what we have seen; and yet you do not accept our statements. ¹² If, when I tell you earthly things, you do not believe me, how will you believe me when I tell you of heavenly things? ¹³ No one has ascended to Heaven, except him who descended from Heaven--the Son of Man himself. ¹⁴ And, as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up; ¹⁵ That every one who believes in him may have Immortal Life." ¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that every one who believes in him may not be lost, but have Immortal Life. ¹⁷ For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. ¹⁸ He who believes in him escapes condemnation, while he who does not believe in him is already condemned, because he has not believed in the only Son of God. ¹⁹ The ground of his condemnation is this, that though the Light has come into the world, men preferred the darkness to the Light, because their actions were wicked. ²⁰ For he who lives an evil life hates the light, and will not come to it, for fear that his actions should be exposed; ²¹ But he who acts up to the truth comes to the light, that his actions may be shown to have been done in dependence upon God. ²² After this, Jesus went with his disciples into the country parts of Judea; and there he stayed with them, and baptized. ²³ John, also, was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there were many streams there; and people were constantly coming and being baptized. ²⁴ (For John had not yet been imprisoned). ²⁵ Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew on the subject of 'purification;' ²⁶ And the disciples came to John and said: "Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, and to whom you have yourself borne testimony--he, also, is baptizing, and everybody is going to him." ²⁷ John's answer was--"A man can gain nothing but what is given him from Heaven. ²⁸ You are yourselves witnesses that I said 'I am not the Christ,' but 'I have been sent before him as a Messenger.' ²⁹ It is the bridegroom who has the bride; but the bridegroom's friend, who stands by and listens to him, is filled with joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. This joy I have felt to the full. ³⁰ He must become greater, and I less." ³¹ He who comes from above is above all others; but a child of earth is earthly, and his teaching is earthly, too. He who comes from Heaven is above all others. ³² He states what he has seen and what he heard, and yet no one accepts his statement. ³³ They who did accept his statement attested the fact that God is true. ³⁴ For he whom God sent as his Messenger gives us God's own teaching, for God does not limit the gift of the Spirit. ³⁵ The Father loves his Son, and has put everything in his hands. ³⁶ He who believes in the Son has Immortal Life, while he who rejects the Son will not even see that Life, but remains under 'God's displeasure.'

¹ Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. ² In my Father's Home there are many dwellings. If it had not been so, I should have told you, for I am going to prepare a place for you. ³ And, since I go and prepare a place for you, I shall return and take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am; ⁴ And you know the way to the place where I am going." ⁵ "We do not know where you are going, Master," said Thomas; "so how can we know the way?" ⁶ Jesus answered: "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life; no one ever comes to the Father except through me. ⁷ If you had recognized me, you would have known my Father also; for the future you will recognize him, indeed you have already seen him." ⁸ "Master, show us the Father," said Philip, "and we shall be satisfied." ⁹ "Have I been all this time among you," said Jesus, "and yet you, Philip, have not recognized me? He who has seen me has seen the Father, how can you say, then, 'Show us the Father'? ¹⁰ Do not you believe that I am in union with the Father, and the Father with me? In giving you my teaching I am not speaking on my own authority; but the Father himself, always in union with me, does his own work. ¹¹ Believe me," he said to them all, "when I say that I am in union with the Father and the Father with me, or else believe me on account of the work itself. ¹² In truth I tell you, he who believes in me will himself do the work that I am doing; and he will do greater work still, because I am going to the Father. ¹³ Whatever you ask, in my Name, I will do, that the Father may be honored in the Son. ¹⁴ If you ask anything, in my Name, I will do it. ¹⁵ If you love me, you will lay my commands to heart, ¹⁶ And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you always--the Spirit of Truth. ¹⁷ The world cannot receive this Spirit, because it does not see him or recognize him, but you recognize him, because he is always with you, and is within you. ¹⁸ I will not leave you bereaved; I will come to you. ¹⁹ In a little while the world will see me no more, but you will still see me; because I am living, you will be living also. ²⁰ At that time you will recognize that I am in union with the Father, and you with me, and I with you. ²¹ It is he who has my commands and lays them to heart that loves me; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him." ²² "What has happened, Master," said Judas (not Judas Iscariot), "that you are going to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?" ²³ "Whoever loves me," Jesus answered, " will lay my Message to heart; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him. ²⁴ He who does not love me will not lay my Message to heart; and the Message to which you are listening is not my own, but that of the Father who sent me. ²⁵ I have told you all this while still with you, ²⁶ But the Helper--the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my Name--he will teach you all things, and will recall to your minds all that I have said to you. ²⁷ Peace be with you! My own peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, or dismayed. ²⁸ You heard me say that I was going away and would return to you. Had you loved me, you would have been glad that I was going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I. ²⁹ And this I have told you now before it happens, that, when it does happen, you may still believe in me. ³⁰ I shall not talk with you much more, for the Spirit that is ruling the world is coming. He has nothing in common with me; ³¹ But he is coming that the world may see that I love the Father, and that I do as the Father commanded me. Come, let us be going.

² Do not conform to the fashion of this world; but be transformed by the complete change that has come over your minds, so that you may discern what God's will is--all that is good, acceptable, and perfect.

⁵ If one of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask wisdom from the God who gives freely to every one without reproaches, and it will be given to him. ⁶ But let him ask with confidence, never doubting; for the man who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven hither and thither at the mercy of the wind-- ⁷ Such a man must not expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,

⁶ But without faith it is impossible to please him, for he who comes to God must believe that God exists, and that he rewards those who seek for him.

⁴ No, we are trying to commend ourselves under all circumstances, as God's ministers should--in many an hour of endurance, in troubles, in hardships, in difficulties, ⁵ In floggings, in imprisonments, in riots, in toils, in sleepless nights, in fastings;