Doctrine and Covenants 3: 19

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

SECTION 3

19 And for this very ^apurpose are these ^bplates ^cpreserved, which contain these records—that the ^dpromises of the Lord might be fulfilled, which he made to his ^epeople;

Footnotes

19a	1 Ne. 9: 3 (3, 5). 3 Nevertheless, I have received a commandment of the Lord that I should make these plates, for the special ^apurpose that there should be an account engraven of the ^bministry of my people.
b	TG Book of Mormon.
c	TG Scriptures, Preservation of.
d	Enos 1: 16 (13-18). 16 And I had faith, and I did cry unto God that he would ^apreserve the ^brecords; and he covenanted with me that he would ^cbring ^dthem forth unto the Lamanites in his own due time. Mosiah 21: 4. 4 Yea, all this was done that the ^aword of the Lord might be ^bfulfilled. 3 Ne. 5: 14 (13-15). 14 And it hath become expedient that I, according to the will of God, that the prayers of those who have gone hence, who were the holy ones, should be fulfilled according to their faith, should make a ^arecord of these things which have been done— D&C 10: 47 (46-50). 47 And I said unto them, that it should be ^agranted unto them according to their ^bfaith in their prayers;
e	TG Israel, Joseph, People of. TG Israel, Restoration of.