The Doctrine and Covenants

 1 Behold, thus saith the Lord unto my servant ^aWilliam E. McLellin—Blessed are you, inasmuch as you have ^bturned away from your iniquities, and have received my truths, saith the Lord your Redeemer, the ^cSavior of the world, even of as many as believe on my name.

 2 Verily I say unto you, blessed are you for receiving mine ^aeverlasting covenant, even the fulness of my gospel, sent forth unto the children of men, that they might have ^blife and be made ^cpartakers of the ^dglories which are to be revealed in the last days, as it was written by the prophets and apostles in days of old.

 3 Verily I say unto you, my servant William, that you are clean, but not ^aall; repent, therefore, of those things which are not pleasing in my sight, saith the Lord, for the Lord will ^bshow them unto you.

 4 And now, verily, I, the Lord, will show unto you what I ^awill concerning you, or what is my will concerning you.

 5 Behold, verily I say unto you, that it is my will that you should ^aproclaim my gospel from land to land, and from ^bcity to city, yea, in those regions round about where it has not been proclaimed.

 6 Tarry not many days in this place; go ^anot up unto the land of Zion as yet; but inasmuch as you can ^bsend, send; otherwise, think not of thy property.

 7 ^aGo unto the eastern lands, bear ^btestimony in every place, unto every people and in their ^csynagogues, reasoning with the people.

 8 Let my servant Samuel H. Smith go with you, and forsake him not, and give him thine instructions; and he that is ^afaithful shall be made ^bstrong in every place; and I, the Lord, will go with you.

 9 Lay your ^ahands upon the ^bsick, and they shall ^crecover. Return not till I, the Lord, shall send you. Be patient in affliction. ^dAsk, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

 10 Seek not to be ^acumbered. Forsake all ^bunrighteousness. Commit not ^cadultery—a temptation with which thou hast been troubled.

 11 ^aKeep these sayings, for they are true and ^bfaithful; and thou shalt ^cmagnify thine office, and push many people to ^dZion with ^esongs of everlasting joy upon their heads.

 12 ^aContinue in these things even unto the end, and you shall have a ^bcrown of eternal life at the right hand of my Father, who is full of ^cgrace and truth.

 13 Verily, thus saith the Lord your ^aGod, your Redeemer, even Jesus Christ. Amen.