Doctrine and Covenants 133: 8

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THE
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS
OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

SECTION 133

8 Send forth the elders of my church unto the ^anations which are afar off; unto the ^bislands of the sea; send forth unto foreign lands; call upon all nations, first upon the ^cGentiles, and then upon the Jews.

Footnotes

8a	TG Missionary Work. TG Nations.
b	Isa. 11: 11. 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the ^asecond time to ^brecover the ^cremnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the ^dislands of the sea. Isa. 51: 5. 5 My righteousness is near; my ^asalvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall ^bjudge the people; the ^cisles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust. 1 Ne. 22: 4. 4 And behold, there are many who are already lost from the knowledge of those who are at Jerusalem. Yea, the more part of all the ^atribes have been ^bled away; and they are ^cscattered to and fro upon the ^disles of the sea; and whither they are none of us knoweth, save that we know that they have been led away. 2 Ne. 10: 8 (8, 20) 8 And it shall come to pass that they shall be ^agathered in from their long dispersion, from the ^bisles of the sea, and from the four parts of the earth; and the nations of the Gentiles shall be great in the eyes of me, saith God, in ^ccarrying them forth to the lands of their inheritance. 2 Ne. 29: 7. 7 Know ye not that there are more ^anations than one? Know ye not that I, the Lord your God, have created all men, and that I remember those who are upon the ^bisles of the sea; and that I rule in the heavens above and in the ^cearth beneath; and I bring forth my ^dword unto the children of men, yea, even upon all the nations of the earth?
c	Matt. 19: 30. 30 But many that are ^afirst shall be last; and the last shall be first. Acts 13: 46. 46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the ^aGentiles. D&C 18: 26 (26-27) 26 And now, behold, there are others who are ^acalled to declare my gospel, both unto ^bGentile and unto Jew; D&C 90: 9 (8-9) 9 That through your administration they may receive the word, and through their administration the word may go forth unto the ends of the earth, unto the ^aGentiles ^bfirst, and then, behold, and lo, they shall turn unto the Jews.