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DC 23:4a - DC 23:7a


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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.

5c 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. And I will give unto him strength such as is not known among men.

6a Require not miracles, except I shall command you; except casting out devils; healing the sick; and against poisonous serpents; and against deadly poisons; 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.

6b 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.

7a 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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