Verily I say unto you, my friends, I give unto you counsel, and a commandment, concerning all the ^aproperties which belong to the order which I commanded to be organized and established, to be a ^bunited order, and an everlasting order for the benefit of my ^cchurch, and for the salvation of men until I come—

 2 With promise immutable and unchangeable, that inasmuch as those whom I commanded were faithful they should be blessed with a ^amultiplicity of blessings;

 3 But inasmuch as they were not faithful they were nigh unto ^acursing.

 4 Therefore, inasmuch as some of my servants have not kept the commandment, but have broken the covenant through ^acovetousness, and with feigned words, I have ^bcursed them with a very sore and grievous curse.

 5 For I, the Lord, have decreed in my heart, that inasmuch as any man belonging to the order shall be found a transgressor, or, in other words, shall break the ^acovenant with which ye are bound, he shall be cursed in his life, and shall be trodden down by whom I will;

 6 For I, the Lord, am not to be ^amocked in these things—

 7 And all this that the innocent among you may not be condemned with the ^aunjust; and that the guilty among you may not escape; because I, the Lord, have promised unto you a ^bcrown of glory at my ^cright hand.

 8 Therefore, inasmuch as you are found transgressors, you cannot escape my wrath in your lives.

 9 Inasmuch as ye are ^acut off for transgression, ye cannot escape the ^bbuffetings of ^cSatan until the day of redemption.

 10 And I now give unto you power from this very hour, that if any man among you, of the order, is found a transgressor and repenteth not of the evil, that ye shall ^adeliver him over unto the buffetings of Satan; and he shall not have power to ^bbring evil upon you.

 11 It is wisdom in me; therefore, a commandment I give unto you, that ye shall organize yourselves and appoint every man his ^astewardship;

 12 That every man may give an account unto me of the stewardship which is appointed unto him.

 13 For it is expedient that I, the Lord, should make every man ^aaccountable, as a ^bsteward over earthly blessings, which I have made and prepared for my creatures.

 14 I, the Lord, stretched out the heavens, and ^abuilt the earth, my very ^bhandiwork; and all things therein are mine.

 15 And it is my purpose to provide for my saints, for all things are mine.

 16 But it must needs be done in mine own ^away; and behold this is the way that I, the Lord, have decreed to provide for my saints, that the ^bpoor shall be exalted, in that the rich are made low.

 17 For the ^aearth is full, and there is enough and to spare; yea, I prepared all things, and have given unto the children of men to be ^bagents unto themselves.

 18 Therefore, if any man shall take of the ^aabundance which I have made, and impart not his portion, according to the ^blaw of my gospel, unto the ^cpoor and the needy, he shall, with the wicked, lift up his eyes in ^dhell, being in torment.

 19 And now, verily I say unto you, concerning the ^aproperties of the ^border—

 20 Let my servant Sidney Rigdon have appointed unto him the place where he now resides, and the lot of the tannery for his stewardship, for his support while he is laboring in my vineyard, even as I will, when I shall command him.

 21 And let all things be done according to the counsel of the order, and united consent or voice of the order, which dwell in the land of Kirtland.

 22 And this stewardship and blessing, I, the Lord, confer upon my servant Sidney Rigdon for a blessing upon him, and his seed after him;

 23 And I will multiply blessings upon him, inasmuch as he will be humble before me.