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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 (which comes after the revelation of the Bible), many plain and precious parts as well as important covenants are taken away from either the Bible, the Gospel, or both.
• 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 15:16-18, 20-24 – Christ explains how people in Jerusalem didn't understand the meaning of several of his sayings. These may be among the "plain and precious" things that are missing from other Christian faiths but present in the Restored Church as part of the fulness of the Gospel.
• 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
• 3 Nephi 27:13–22 – Jesus defines "the gospel" as the following:

1. Christ came into the world to do the Father's will.
2. The Father sent Christ to be crucified.
3. Because of Christ's atonement, all men will be judged by him according to their works (as opposed to not receiving a judgment at all and being cast out of God's presence by default; 2 Nephi 9꞉8-9).
4. Those who repent and are baptized shall be filled (with the Holy Ghost, see 3 Nephi 12꞉6), and
5. if they continue in faith by enduring to the end they will be justified (declared "not guilty") by Christ before the Father, but
6. if they don't endure they will be subject to the justice of God and cast out of his presence.
7. The Father's words will all be fulfilled.
8. Because no unclean thing can enter the Father's heavenly kingdom, only those who rely in faith on the atonement of Christ, repent, and are faithful to the end can be saved. People repent by
9. Doing everything we see Christ do.

• Moroni 7:20–39 – Moroni asks the crucial question of how we can truly know what is good and what is evil. He replies that God, knowing all things from the beginning, sent angels and prophets to declare the coming of Jesus. There were many ways that good things came unto the children of men through prophets and angels. All good things come from Christ. As the children of men have faith in Christ and repent, they will cleave unto every good thing.

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 39:6, 11, 18 (January 5, 1831) –The gospel of Jesus Christ is repentance, baptism by water, and baptism of the Holy Ghost. 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, 40-70 (February 16,1832) – The first verses read as follows: “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." The rest of the verses give a definition to the Gospel and the qualifications of those that reach the highest heavenly reward of living with God in the Celestial Kingdom.
• 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.

Scriptures in the Pearl of Great Price:

• Article of Faith 1:3 – "We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel."
• Article of Faith 1:4 – "We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost."

Further Reading:

• The Book of Mormon and the fulness of the gospel