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The Doctrine and Covenants

The Doctrine and Covenants 22

Revelation to the Church of Christ, which was established in these last days, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty, given through Joseph, the Seer, in Manchester, New York, April, 1830, in consequence of some desiring to unite with the Church without re-baptism, who had previously been baptized,

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Revelation to the Church of Christ, which was established in these last days, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty, given through Joseph, the Seer, in Manchester, New York, April, 1830, in consequence of some desiring to unite with the Church without re-baptism, who had previously been baptized,

Behold, I say unto you, that all old covenants have I caused to be done away in this thing, and this is a new and an everlasting covenant, even that which was from the beginning.

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Wherefore, although a man should be baptized an hundred times, it availeth him nothing, for you cannot enter in at the straight gate by the law of Moses, neither by your dead works;

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For it is because of your dead works, that I have caused this last covenant and this church to be built up unto me, even as in days of old.

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Wherefore, enter ye in at the gate, as I have commanded, and seek not to counsel your God. Amen.

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The Salt Lake City edition of 1891 (sections 1–136, without the Lectures on Faith or footnotes), read from two scans of the printed book. Spellings such as “fullness” and “monies” are that edition's own. Current editions add later sections and differ in some words.

The Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1891). Public domain. Read from two Internet Archive scans of that printing (doctrineandcove00saingoog, doctrinecovenantsmit), checked word by word against each other; the Lectures on Faith, index and footnotes are omitted. · Source ↗

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