Luke 9:60
Jesus said to him, let the dead bury their dead; but do you go and preach the kingdom of God.
Luke 15:32
but it was necessary to feast and rejoice, because your brother here was dead, and is again alive: he was lost and is now found.
John 21:15-17
So when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon son of Jonas, do you love me more than these do? yes, Lord, said he, you know that I love you. Jesus reply'd, feed my lambs.
1 Corinthians 9:16
for in barely preaching the gospel, I have nothing to glory in: because I am under an obligation to do it; yea, wo is unto me if I preach not the gospel.
2 Corinthians 5:16-18
Wherefore, henceforth I have no regard to any man for his external appearance: for tho' I formerly look'd for worldly grandeur in the Messiah, yet now I see things in another light.
Ephesians 2:1
When you were in that destructive state of transgression and sin,
Ephesians 2:5
did raise us all, who were in that deadly state of sin, to life by Christ, for by grace ye are saved:
1 Timothy 5:6
the widow of pleasure is dead tho' she lives.
2 Timothy 2:3-4
bravely endure hardships, like a soldier of Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 4:2
to preach the word with assiduity upon all occasions: reprove, censure, exhort, with the most tender persuasions.
2 Timothy 4:5
be you then entirely upon the watch: be insensible to toil: perform the work of an evangelist, and discharge your ministerial function.
Revelation 3:1
And unto the angel of the church in Sardis, write, "THESE things saith he that hath the seven spirits of God and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast the reputation of being alive, but art dead.