Topical Scriptural Concordance/Fulness of the Gospel

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Scriptures on the Fulness of the Gospel

Summary: Below is a concordance of every mention in scripture to the "fulness of the Gospel". We advise the reader to explore each occurrence following the approach to scripture outlined in this article. Each listing contains either a brief summary or direct quotation of what is in those verses.

Scriptures in the Book of Mormon:

• 1 Nephi 10:14 – “And after the house of Israel should be scattered they should be gathered together again; or, in fine, after the Gentiles had received the fulness of the Gospel, the natural branches of the olive tree, or the remnants of the house of Israel, should be grafted in, or come to the knowledge of the true Messiah, their Lord and Redeemer.”
• 1 Nephi 13:24 – The Bible contains the fullness of the Gospel of the Lord. After the formation of the great and abominable Church, many plain and precious parts are taken away from it.
• 1 Nephi 15:13 – The fullness of the Gospel will go unto the Gentiles and then unto the remnant of the seed of Nephi.
• 3 Nephi 16:7, 10, 12 – If and when the Gentiles reject the fullness of the Gospel, it will then be given unto the Jews. This suggests that the fullness of the Gospel has already been revealed.
• 3 Nephi 20:28, 30 – The fullness of the Gospel will be preached unto the house of Israel

All these scriptures suggest that the fullness of the Gospel will be revealed prior to taking it to the Jews or House of Israel. This preaching to the Jews will happen before the Second Coming.

If one wishes to read these in the order they were translated, one should remember that most evidence indicates that Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery started with Mosiah, went all the way to Moroni, went all the way back to 1 Nephi, and then finished with Words of Mormon.

Scriptures in the Doctrine & Covenants (organized by date of receipt/delivery):

• Doctrine & Covenants 14:10 (June 1829) – Jesus Christ must bring forth the fullness of his Gospel from the Gentiles unto the house of Israel
• Doctrine & Covenants 20:9 (early summer 1829 - a little after April 6, 1830) – The Book of Mormon contains the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
• Doctrine & Covenants 27:5 (August 1830) –The Book of Mormon contains the fullness of the everlasting Gospel of Jesus Christ
• Doctrine & Covenants 35:12, 17 (December 7, 1830) – God has sent forth the fullness of the Gospel unto the then-current generation through Joseph Smith.
• Doctrine & Covenants 39:11, 18 (January 5, 1831) – The Lord has prepared a work for James Covel: to preach the fullness of his gospel, which he has sent forth in these last days. If people repent and receive the fullness of the Gospel, and become sanctified, the Lord will stay his hand in judgment.
• Doctrine & Covenants 42:12, 15 (February 9 and 23, 1831) – The Bible (?) and the Book of Mormon contain the fullness of the gospel, but the fullness of the scriptures has not yet been given.
• Doctrine & Covenants 45:28-30 (March 7, 1831) – “And when the times of the Gentiles is come in, a light shall break forth among them that sit in darkness, and it shall be the fulness of my gospel; But they receive it not; for they perceive not the light, and they turn their hearts from me because of the precepts of men. And in that generation shall the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.”
• Doctrine & Covenants 66:2 (October 29,1831) – William McClellan is blessed for receiving the fullness of the gospel which is sent forth unto the children of men.
• Doctrine & Covenants 1:23 (November 1, 1831) – God established the Church to bring forth and preach the fullness of the Gospel.
• Doctrine & Covenants 133:57 (November 3, 1831) – The Lord sent forth the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ, his everlasting covenant, that men might be made partakers of the glories which were to be revealed.
• Doctrine & Covenants 76:12-14 (February 16,1832) – “By the power of the Spirit our eyes were opened and our understandings were enlightened, so as to see and understand the things of God––Even those things which were from the beginning before the world was, which were ordained of the Father, through his Only Begotten Son, who was in the bosom of the Father, even from the beginning; Of whom we bear record; and the record which we bear is the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ, who is the Son, whom we saw and with whom we conversed in the heavenly vision.”
• Doctrine & Covenants 90:11 (March 8,1833) – Every man shall hear the fullness of the Gospel in his own tongue, and in his own language, through those who are ordained unto this power, by the administration of the Comforter, shed forth upon them for the revelation of Jesus Christ.
• Doctrine & Covenants 109:65 (March 27,1836) – Joseph Smith prays for the remnants of Jacob to be converted from their wild and savage condition to the fulness of the everlasting gospel.
• Doctrine & Covenants 118:4 (July 8, 1838) – The Twelve are commanded to depart over the great waters to promulgate the fullness of the Lord’s Gospel.
• Joseph Smith–History 1:34 (Around June 1839) – Joseph Smith reports Moroni telling him that the Book of Mormon contains the fullness of the everlasting Gospel as delivered by the Savior to the ancient inhabitants of the Americas
• Doctrine & Covenants 135:3 (June 27, 1844) – John Taylor proclaims after the martyrdom of Joseph Smith that Joseph Smith has sent the fullness of the everlasting gospel. The everlasting gospel is contained in the Book of Mormon.

Basically all of these scriptures, with the exception of Doctrine & Covenants 76, describe the Book of Mormon as containing fulness of the everlasting gospel to be taken to others. D&C 76 describes either the vision of the three degrees of glory or Jesus Christ or both as the fulness of the everlasting gospel. Doctrine & Covenants 42:12 is a little ambiguous about whether the Bible contains the fulness of the everlasting Gospel.