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

SECTION 64

7 Nevertheless, he has sinned; but verily I say unto you, I, the Lord, ^aforgive sins unto those who ^bconfess their sins before me and ask forgiveness, who have not ^csinned unto ^ddeath.

Footnotes

7a	Dan. 9: 9. 9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and ^aforgivenesses, though we have ^brebelled against him; TG Remission of Sins.
b	Num. 5: 7 (6-10). 7 Then they shall ^aconfess their sin which they have done: and he shall ^brecompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed. D&C 19: 20. 20 Wherefore, I command you again to repent, lest I ^ahumble you with my almighty power; and that you ^bconfess your sins, lest you suffer these ^cpunishments of which I have spoken, of which in the smallest, yea, even in the least degree you have ^dtasted at the time I withdrew my Spirit. D&C 58: 43. 43 By this ye may know if a man repenteth of his sins—behold, he will ^aconfess them and ^bforsake them. TG Confession.
c	1 Jn. 3: 15. 15 Whosoever ^ahateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no ^bmurderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 1 Jn. 5: 17. 17 All unrighteousness is ^asin: and there is a ^bsin not unto death. Alma 5: 42 (41-42). 42 And whosoever doeth this must receive his ^awages of him; therefore, for his ^bwages he receiveth ^cdeath, as to things pertaining unto righteousness, being dead unto all good works.
d	D&C 76: 33 (31-37). 33 For they are ^avessels of wrath, doomed to suffer the wrath of God, with the devil and his angels in eternity;