Doctrine and Covenants 50: 44

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

SECTION 50

44 Wherefore, I am in your midst, and I am the ^agood ^bshepherd, and the ^cstone of Israel. He that buildeth upon this ^drock shall never ^efall.

Footnotes

44a	Ezra 3: 11. 11 And they sang together by course in praising and giving ^athanks unto the Lord; because he is ^bgood, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they ^cpraised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid. Alma 5: 40. 40 For I say unto you that whatsoever is ^agood cometh from God, and whatsoever is ^bevil cometh from the devil.
b	TG Jesus Christ, Good Shepherd. TG Shepherd.
c	Gen. 49: 24. 24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from ^athence is the ^bshepherd, the ^cstone of Israel:) TG Cornerstone. TG Jesus Christ, Prophecies about.
d	1 Pet. 2: 4 (4-8). 4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but ^achosen of God, and precious, TG Rock.
e	2 Pet. 1: 10. 10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and ^aelection sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never ^bfall: Hel. 5: 12. 12 And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the ^arock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your ^bfoundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty ^cstorm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall. TG Apostasy of Individuals.