Luke 9:60
But he said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead! But you go [and] proclaim the kingdom of God."
Luke 15:32
But it was necessary to celebrate and to rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead, and is alive, and was lost, and is found!'"
John 21:15-17
Now when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon [son] of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs!"
1 Corinthians 9:16
For if I proclaim the gospel, it is not to me a reason for boasting, for necessity is imposed on me. For woe is to me if I do not proclaim the gospel.
2 Corinthians 5:16-18
So then, from now on we know no one {from a human point of view}, if indeed we have known Christ {from a human point of view}, but now we know [him this way] no longer.
Ephesians 2:1
And you, {although you were dead} in your trespasses and sins,
Ephesians 2:5
and we being dead in trespasses, he made [us] alive together with Christ (by grace you are saved),
1 Timothy 5:6
But the one who lives for sensual pleasure is dead [even though she] lives.
2 Timothy 2:3-4
Suffer together with [me] as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 4:2
preach the word, be ready in season [and] out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all patience and instruction.
2 Timothy 4:5
But you, be self-controlled in all [things], bear hardship patiently, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
Revelation 3:1
"And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: "This is what the one who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars says: 'I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, and you are dead.