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2 Timothy 2 3-2 Timothy 2 4
Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him.
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1 Timothy 5 6
But she who indulges herself in luxury is dead, even while she lives.
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John 21:15-17
Now when they had finished 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,“ Tend My lambs.”He* said to him again, a second time,“ Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” He* said to Him,“ Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He* said to him,“ Shepherd My sheep.”He* said to him the third time,“ Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was hurt because He said to him the third time,“ Do you love Me?” And he said to Him,“ Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.” Jesus* said to him,“ Tend My sheep.
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Luke 15:32
But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been found.’ ”
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Revelation 3:1
“ To the angel of the church in Sardis write: He who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars, says this:‘ I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, and yet you are dead.
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2 Timothy 4 2
preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and exhort, with great patience and instruction.
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2 Timothy 4 5
But as for you, use self restraint in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
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2 Corinthians 5 16-2 Corinthians 5 18
Therefore from now on we recognize no one by the flesh; even though we have known Christ by the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer.Therefore if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation,
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1 Corinthians 9 16
For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast about, for I am under compulsion; for woe to me if I do not preach the gospel.
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Ephesians 2:1
And you were dead in your offenses and sins,
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Ephesians 2:5
even when we were dead in our wrongdoings, made us alive together with Christ( by grace you have been saved),