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DC 23:2a - DC 23:5b


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2a Magnify thine office; 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;

2b but if they receive thee not, I will send upon them a cursing instead of a blessing.

3a And thou shalt continue in calling upon God in my name, and writing the things which shall be given thee by the Comforter, and expounding all scriptures unto the church, and it shall be given thee, in the very moment, what thou shalt speak and write;

3b and they shall hear it, or I will send unto them a cursing instead of a blessing.

4a For thou shalt devote all thy service in Zion. And in this thou shalt have strength.

4b Be patient in afflictions, for thou shalt have many; but endure them, for lo, I am with you, even unto the end of thy days.

4c And in temporal labors thou shalt not have strength, for this is not thy calling.

4d Attend to thy calling and thou shalt have wherewith to magnify thine office, and to expound all Scriptures.

4e And continue in laying on of the hands, and confirming the churches.

5a And thy brother Oliver shall continue in bearing my name before the world, and also to the church. And he shall not suppose that he can say enough in my cause; and lo, I am with him to the end.

5b 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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