| July [4–31], 1830, Harmony, Pennsylvania. |
| Joseph to write, preach. Delivered from Satan.
Stop sinning. Lord will curse those who don't accept Joseph. Calling to
write, preach §. Spontaneous inspiration §.
Full-time church service. Not physical labors §. Oliver
to continue preaching §, promised unprecedented strength
§. Don't require miracles except as commanded §.
Curse enemies, dust feet against them §. Legal opponents
to be cursed §. Church to support financially. |
| Book of Commandments 25 heading:
A Revelation to Joseph, and also to Oliver given in Harmony, Pennsylvania,
July, 1830.
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| 1835 Doctrine and Covenants 9 heading:
Revelation given to Joseph Smith, jr. and Oliver Cowdery,
July, 1830. |
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Book of Commandments 25 |
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Calling: Book of Mormon,
ministry
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[1] Behold thou wast called and chosen
to write the book of Mormon, and to my ministry; |
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BC verse numbers
are in brackets. 1835 D&C
verse numbers are to the right of the text. |
| Saved from Satan |
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[2] And I have lifted thee up out
of thine afflictions, and have counseled thee, that thou hast been delivered
from all thine enemies, and thou hast been delivered from the powers of
satan, and from darkness! |
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| Stop sinning |
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[3] Nevertheless, thou art not excusable
in thy transgressions; nevertheless, go thy way and sin no more. |
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| Magnify office |
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[4] Magnify thine office; |
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| Visit churches |
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[5] And after thou hast sowed thy
fields and secured them go speedily unto the church which is in Colesville,
Fayette and Manchester, and they shall support thee; and I will bless
them both spiritually and temporally; |
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| Curse them if they
don't accept |
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[6] But if they receive thee not, I
will send upon them a cursing instead of a blessing. |
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¶ D&C
41:1 |
| Call on God, write |
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[7] And thou shalt
continue in calling upon God in my name, and writing the things which shall
be given thee by the Comforter, |
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| Expound |
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[8] And expounding all scriptures
unto the church. |
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Spontaneous inspiration
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and it shall be given thee in
the very moment, what thou shalt speak and write; |
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| Curse those who don't accept |
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[9] And they shall hear it, or I will
send unto them a cursing instead of a blessing: |
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| Full-time service |
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[10] For
thou shalt devote all thy service in Zion. |
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| Strength |
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[11] And in this thou shalt have strength. |
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| Patience in afflictions |
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[12] Be patient in afflictions,
for thou shalt have many: |
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| Endure |
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[13] But endure them, for lo, I am
with you thee, even unto the end of thy days. |
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Turquoise:
dropped after 1835
Pink: added after 1835
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| Not called to physical labors |
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[14] And in temporal labors thou
shalt not have strength, for this is not thy calling. |
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| Mangnify office, expound |
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[15] Attend to thy calling and thou
shalt have wherewith to magnify thine office, and to expound all scriptures, |
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| Laying on of hands, confirmation |
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[16] And continue in the laying
on of the hands and confirming the churches. |
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Blue: dropped in 1835 |
| Oliver to continue |
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[17] And thy brother
Oliver shall continue in bearing my name before the world; and also to
the church. |
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| Can't do enough |
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[18] And he shall not suppose that
he can say enough in my cause; |
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| With him |
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[19] And lo, I am with him to the
end. |
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| Oliver to glory in me |
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[20] In me he shall have glory, and
not of himself, whether in weakness or in strength, whether in bonds or
free: |
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| Oliver to preach continually |
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[22] And at all times and in all
places, he shall open his mouth and declare my gospel as with the voice
of a trump, both day and night. |
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¶ D&C
28:3, Sept. [5–26], 1830 |
| Superhuman strength |
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[23] And I will give unto him strength such as
is not known among men. |
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| Don't require miracles except
as commanded |
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[23] Require not miracles, except
I shall command you; except casting out devils; healing the sick; and
against poisonous serpents; and against deadly poisons: |
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D&C Miracles |
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[24] And these things ye shall not do, except it
be required of you, by them who desire it, that the scriptures might be
fulfilled, for ye shall do according to that which is written. |
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Curse those who don't accept
Dust feet, cleanse |
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[25] And in whatsoever
place ye shall enter, and they receive you not, in my name, ye shall leave
a cursing instead of a blessing, by casting off the dust of your feet
against them as a testimony, and cleansing your feet by the wayside. |
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| Call on Lord to smite those who smite you |
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[26] And it shall come to pass, that whosoever
shall lay their hands upon you by violence, ye shall command to be smitten
in my name, and behold I will smite them according to your words, in
mine own due time. |
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| Legal opponents to be cursed by law |
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[27] And whosoever shall go to law
with thee shall be cursed by the law. |
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| Churches to provide needs |
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[28] And thou shalt take no purse, nor scrip, neither
staves, neither two coats, for the church shall give unto thee in the
very hour what thou needest for food, and for raiment, and for shoes and
for money, and for scrip: |
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| Last pruning |
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[29] For thou art called to prune my vineyard with
a mighty pruning, yea, even for the last time; |
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| Those you ordain |
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[30] Yea, and also, all those whom thou hast ordained. |
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| Same pattern |
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[31] And they shall do even according to this pattern.
Amen. |
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D&C 25
D&C 23
New York–Pennsylvania Revelations
Doctrine and Covenants
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