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| February 4, 1829, Harmony, Pennsylvania |
| For Joseph Smith Sr. Serve the Lord, the field
is white, thrust in your sickle eye single to the glory of God. Ask, knock |
| Book of Commandments
3 heading: A Revelation given to Joseph, the father of Joseph, in Harmony,
Pennsylvania, February, 1829, saying: |
| 1835 Book of Commandments 31 heading: Revelation
given to Joseph Smith, Sr., given
February, 1829. |
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Book of Commandments 31 |
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1835 Doctrine and Covenants |
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| Marvelous work |
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[1] Now behold, a marvelous
work is about to come forth among the children of men, |
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Now behold, a marvellous work is about to come forth among
the children of men, |
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BC verse numbers are in brackets.
¶ D&C 11:1 |
| Serve wholeheartedly |
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therefore, O ye that embark in the service of
God, see that ye serve him with all your heart, might, mind and strength,
that ye may stand blameless before God at the last day: |
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therefore, O ye that embark in the service of
God, see that ye serve him with all your heart, might, mind and strength,
that ye may stand blameless before God at the last day: |
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| Called to the work |
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Therefore, if ye have desires to serve God,
ye are called to the work; |
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therefore, if ye have desires to serve God,
ye are called to the work; |
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Field is white, thrust
in sickle
Bring salvation to soul |
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for behold, the field is white already to
harvest, and lo, he that thrusteth in his sickle with his might, the same
layeth up in store that he perish not, but bringeth salvation to his
soul, |
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for behold the field is white already to
harvest, and lo, he that thrusteth in his sickle with his might, the same
layeth up in store that he perisheth not,
but bringeth salvation to his soul, |
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D&C 11:3
Turquoise: dropped after 1835
Pink: added after 1835
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| Qualifications |
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and faith, hope, charity, and love, with an eye single to
the glory of God, qualifies him
for the work. |
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and faith, hope, charity, and love, with an eye single to
the glory of God, qualify him
for the work. |
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[2] Remember temperance, patience, humility, diligence,
&c., |
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Remember faith, virtue, knowledge,
temperance, patience, brotherly kindness, godliness,
charity, humility, diligence.— |
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Red:
added in 1835.
2 Peter 1:5–7: "… add to your faith virtue; and to
virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience;
and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to
brotherly kindness charity."
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| Ask and receive, knock, open |
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ask and ye shall receive, knock and it shall
be opened unto you: Amen. |
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Ask, and ye shall receive, knock and it shall
be opened unto you. Amen. |
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D&C 5
D&C 3
New York–Pennsylvania Revelations
Doctrine and Covenants
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