Luke 9:60
Let the dead bury the dead. You go and publish abroad the kingdom of God. Jesus replied.
Luke 15:32
We had to celebrate and be happy. Your brother was dead. Now he is alive! He was lost and now he has been found!'
John 21:15-17
When they had eaten Jesus said to Simon Peter: Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these? He said: Yes Lord; you know I have affection for you. Jesus said to him: Feed my lambs.
1 Corinthians 9:16
Though I preach the good news I do not brag about it. Preaching the good news is my duty (obligation) and I must do it! It would be terrible if I did not preach the good news!
2 Corinthians 5:16-18
From now on we know no man according to the flesh: even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no longer.
Ephesians 2:1
You were once dead because of your trespasses and sins.
Ephesians 2:5
even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ. For by grace (loving-kindness) you have been saved.
1 Timothy 5:6
But she that gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.
2 Timothy 2:3-4
You must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 4:2
preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all long-suffering and teaching.
2 Timothy 4:5
Be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist (preacher of the good news), and fulfill your ministry.
Revelation 3:1
To the angel of the congregation in Sardis write: He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars says these things: 'I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, and you are [really] dead.