The Section Explorer is the heart of the Doctrine and Covenants Project, designed to make Restoration scripture accessible, searchable, and available to all. This feature allows users to navigate our growing library of sections from various versions of the Doctrine and Covenants, providing a unique opportunity to explore the words that have shaped the Latter Day Saint movement.
Whether you’re studying the text as scripture, seeking historical understanding, or simply curious about the similarities and differences between versions, the Section Explorer offers a straightforward and powerful tool for discovery. Each section is presented in its original wording from multiple editions, such as the Community of Christ’s version and earlier editions like the 1833 Book of Commandments.
Section 42 (1835 Doctrine and Covenants)
Reading Time: 9 minutesRevelation given February 9 1831 1 Hearken, O ye elders of my church, who have assembled yourselves together in my name, even Jesus Christ the Son of the living God, the Saviour of the world; inasmuch as ye believe on my name and keep my commandments. Again I say unto you, hearken and hear and…
Section 41 (1835 Doctrine and Covenants)
Reading Time: 2 minutesRevelation given February 4 1831 1 Hearken and hear, O ye my people, saith the Lord and your God, ye whom I delight to bless with the greatest of all blessings, ye that hear me; and ye that hear me not will I curse, that have professed my name, with the heaviest of all cursings….
Section 40 (1835 Doctrine and Covenants)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRevelation to Joseph Smith jr. and Sidney Rigdon, given January, 1831, explaining why James Covill, obeyed not the revelation which was given unto him 1 Behold, verily I say unto you, that the heart of my servant James Covill was right before me, for he covenanted with me that he would obey my word. And…
Section 39 (1835 Doctrine and Covenants)
Reading Time: 3 minutesRevelation to James Covill, given January 5 1831 1 Hearken and listen to the voice of him who is from all eternity to all eternity, the Great I AM, even Jesus Christ, the light and the life of the world; a light which shineth in darkness and the darkness comprehendeth it not. The same which…
Section 38 (1835 Doctrine and Covenants)
Reading Time: 5 minutesRevelation given January 2 1831 1 Thus saith the Lord your God, even Jesus Christ, the Great I AM, Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the same which looked upon the wide expanse of eternity, and all the seraphic hosts of heaven, before the world was made; The same which knoweth all things,…
Section 37 (1835 Doctrine and Covenants)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRevelation to Joseph Smith, jr and Sidney Rigdon, given December, 1830. 1 Behold, I say unto you that it is not expedient in me that ye should translate any more until ye shall go to the Ohio, and this because of the enemy and for your sakes. 2 And again, I say unto you that…
Section 36 (1835 Doctrine and Covenants)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRevelation to Edward Partridge, given December, 1830. 1 THUS saith the Lord God, the mighty One of Israel, behold I say unto you, my servant Edward, that you are blessed, and your sins are forgiven you, and you are called to preach my gospel as with the voice of a trump; and I will lay…
Section 35 (1835 Doctrine and Covenants)
Reading Time: 3 minutesRevelation to Joseph Smith jr. and Sidney Rigdon, December, 1830. 1 LISTEN to the voice of the Lord your God, even Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, whose course is one eternal round, the same to-day as yesterday, and forever. I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who was crucified for the…
Section 34 (1835 Doctrine and Covenants)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRevelation to Orson Pratt, given November 4, 1830. 1 My son Orson, hearken and hear and behold what I the Lord God shall say unto you, even Jesus Christ your Redeemer, The light and the life of the world: A light which shineth in darkness and the darkness comprehendeth it not: Who so loved the…
Section 33 (1835 Doctrine and Covenants)
Reading Time: 2 minutesRevelation to Ezra Thayre and Northrop Sweet, given October 1830 1 Behold I say unto you, my servants Ezra, and Northrop, open ye your ears and hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, whose word is quick and powerful, sharper than a two-edged sword, to the dividing asunder of the joints and marrow,…