- Salvation Must Come with Revelation (Between circa June 26 and circa August 4, 1839)
- Salvation Administered Through Testimony — Unidentified Scribe (Between circa June 26 and circa August 4, 1839)
- It Is An Honor to Be Responsible for Your Own Salvation — Eliza R. Snow (April 28, 1842)
- Knowledge, Accrued Incrementally, Is the Principle of Salvation — Wilford Woodruff (May 14, 1843)
- Principle of Salvation is to Triumph Over All Enemies, Even Death — Wilford Woodruff (May 14, 1843)
- Salvation Defined as a Man Placed Beyond the Power of His Enemies — William Clayton (May 17, 1843)
- Men Cannot Be Saved in Ignorance — William Clayton (May 17, 1843)
- No Salvation Until Triumph Over Death — William Clayton (May 21, 1843)
- Salvation Defined as a Man Who Is Saved from His Enemies — Howard Coray (May 21, 1843)
- Salvation Achieved by Overcoming Every Foe & Enemy — James Burgess (May 21, 1843)
- No Salvation Without Knowing God — Martha Jane Knowlton Coray (August 13, 1843)
- Men Subject to Certain Rules & Principles Fixed by an Unalterable Decree Before World Was Formed — Willard Richards (October 9, 1843)
- Must Do Everything God Commands to Obtain Salvation — Willard Richards (February 21, 1844)
- No Salvation in Believing an Evil Report Against Our Neighbor — Thomas Bullock (February 21, 1844)
- Provision of Salvation Made for Every Person Who Repents Unless He Commits Unpardonable Sin (April 7, 1844)
Salvation Must Come with Revelation (Between circa June 26 and circa August 4, 1839)
Willard Richards
Salvation cannot come without Revelation, it is in vain for anyone to minister without it.
Discourse, between circa 26 June and circa 4 August 1839–A, as Reported by Willard Richards, p. 68, The Joseph Smith Papers
Unidentified Scribe
Salvation cannot come without revelation; it is in vain for any one to minister without it.
Discourse, between circa 26 June and circa 4 August 1839–A, as Reported by Unidentified Scribe, p 4, The Joseph Smith Papers.
Salvation Administered Through Testimony — Unidentified Scribe (Between circa June 26 and circa August 4, 1839)
no man is a minister of Jesus Christ without being a prophet. no man be the minister of Jesus Christ except he has the testimony of Jesus, & this is the spirit of prophecy. Whenever salvation has been administered, it has been by testimony. Men at the present time testify of heaven & hell & have never seen either & I will say that no man knows these things without this . . .
Discourse, between circa 26 June and circa 4 August 1839–A, as Reported by Unidentified Scribe, p 4, The Joseph Smith Papers.
It Is An Honor to Be Responsible for Your Own Salvation — Eliza R. Snow (April 28, 1842)
After this instruction, you will be responsible for your own sins. It is an honor to save yourselves— all are responsible to save themselves.
Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book, p. 39, The Joseph Smith Papers.
Knowledge, Accrued Incrementally, Is the Principle of Salvation — Wilford Woodruff (May 14, 1843)
Joseph the Seer arose & said It is not wisdom that we should have all knowledge at once presented before us but that we should have a little then we can comprehend it. He then read the second Epistle of Peter 1st Ch 16 to last vers & dwelt upon the 19th vers with som remarks Ad to your faith Knowledge &c 2 The principl of knowledge is the principle of Salvation the Principle can be comprehended, for any one that cannot get knowledge to be saved will be damned.
Discourse, 14 May 1843, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff, p. 30, The Joseph Smith Papers.
Principle of Salvation is to Triumph Over All Enemies, Even Death — Wilford Woodruff (May 14, 1843)
The Principl of Salvation is given to us through the knowledge of Jesus Christ Salvation is nothing more or less than to triumph over all our enemies & put them under our feet & when we have power to put all enemies under our feet in this world & a knowledge to triumph over all evil spirits in the world to come then we are saved as in the case of Jesus he was to reign untill he had put all enemies under his feet & the last enemy was death
Perhaps there are principle here that few men have thought of. No person can have this Salvation except through a tabernacle
Discourse, 14 May 1843, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff, p. 30, The Joseph Smith Papers.
Salvation Defined as a Man Placed Beyond the Power of His Enemies — William Clayton (May 17, 1843)
He shewed that knowledge is power & the man who has the most knowledge has the greatest power. Also that salvation means a mans being placed beyond the powers of all his enemies.
Discourse, 17 May 1843–A, as Reported by William Clayton, p. 16, The Joseph Smith Papers.
Men Cannot Be Saved in Ignorance — William Clayton (May 17, 1843)
He also showed that it is impossible for a man to be saved in ignorance.
Discourse, 17 May 1843–A, as Reported by William Clayton, p. 16, The Joseph Smith Papers.
No Salvation Until Triumph Over Death — William Clayton (May 21, 1843)
salvation is for a man to be saved from all his enemies. — until a man can triumph over death, he is not saved, knowledge will do this.
Discourse, 21 May 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards, p. 215, The Joseph Smith Papers.
Salvation Defined as a Man Who Is Saved from His Enemies — Howard Coray (May 21, 1843)
What is salvation. Salvation is for a man to be Saved from all his enemies even our last enemy which is death for David Saith, “and the Lord Said unto my Lord ‘Sit thou on my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool.”
Discourse, 21 May 1843, as Reported by Howard Coray, p. 40-41, The Joseph Smith Papers.
Salvation Achieved by Overcoming Every Foe & Enemy — James Burgess (May 21, 1843)
Ques. What is it for a man to obtain salvation Ans, It is to triumph over every foe or ascend far above all enemies for the last enimey to conquor is death and untill that is done you have not obtained salvation J. Smith Prophet. Nauvoo.
Discourse, 21 May 1843, as Reported by James Burgess, pp. 8-9, The Joseph Smith Papers.
No Salvation Without Knowing God — Martha Jane Knowlton Coray (August 13, 1843)
Eternal life is to know the only true God and his son Jesus without which there is no salvation
Discourse, 13 August 1843–A, as Reported by Martha Jane Knowlton Coray, p. 35, The Joseph Smith Papers.
Men Subject to Certain Rules & Principles Fixed by an Unalterable Decree Before World Was Formed — Willard Richards (October 9, 1843)
We are one only capable of comprehedig [comprehending] that certain things exist. which we may acquire by certain fixed principles— If men would acquired salvation they have got to be subject to certain rules & principles which were fixed by an unalterable decree before the world was, before they leave this world.”
Discourse, 9 October 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards, p. 121, The Joseph Smith Papers.
Must Do Everything God Commands to Obtain Salvation — Willard Richards (February 21, 1844)
spoke to the people to show them that to get salvation we must not only do somethings but every thing whi[c]h God had command[e]d to get salvati[o]n.
Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844, p. 272, The Joseph Smith Papers.
No Salvation in Believing an Evil Report Against Our Neighbor — Thomas Bullock (February 21, 1844)
The Savior has the words of Eternal life — nothing else can profit us — there is no salvation in believing an evil report against our neighbor —
Discourse, 12 May 1844, as Reported by Thomas Bullock, p. 1, The Joseph Smith Papers.
Provision of Salvation Made for Every Person Who Repents Unless He Commits Unpardonable Sin (April 7, 1844)
Wilford Woodruff
God has made provision for evry spirit in the eternal world, and the spirits of our friends should be searched out & saved, Any man that has a friend in eternity can save him if he has not committed the unpardonable sin, He cannot be damned through all eternity, their is a possibility for his escape in a little time, If a man has knowledge he can be saved, if he has been guilty of great sins he is punished for it, when he consents to obey the gospel whether Alive or dead, he is saved, his own mind damns him I have no fear of hell fire that dont exhist, No man can commit the unpardonable sin, untill He receives the Holy Ghost
Discourse, 7 April 1844, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff, p. 138, The Joseph Smith Papers.
Thomas Bullock
hear it all ye Ends of the Earth — all ye Sinners Repent Repent — turn to God for your reln, wont save you & ye will be d— d but I do not say how along— but those who Sin agt. the H. G. cannot be forgiven in this world or in the world to come but they shall die the 2nd. death — but as they concoct scenes of bloodshed in this world so they shall rise to that resurn. which is as the lake of fire & brimstone — some shall rise to the everlasting burning of God & some shall rise to the dn. of their own filthiness — same as the lake of fire & brimstone —
Discourse, 7 April 1844, as Reported by Thomas Bullock, pp. 21-22, The Joseph Smith Papers.
