So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else’s foundation,
For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward, but if not of my own will, I am still entrusted with a stewardship.
And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.”
therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”
But the Lord said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.
For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.
If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.
Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial.
And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”