Behold, thou wast called and chosen to ^awrite the Book of Mormon, and to my ministry; and I have ^blifted thee up out of thine afflictions, and have counseled thee, that thou hast been delivered from all thine enemies, and thou hast been ^cdelivered from the powers of Satan and from ^ddarkness!

 2 Nevertheless, thou art not excusable in thy ^atransgressions; nevertheless, go thy way and sin no more.

 3 ^aMagnify thine office; and after thou hast ^bsowed thy fields and secured them, go speedily unto the church which is in ^cColesville, Fayette, and Manchester, and they shall ^dsupport thee; and I will bless them both spiritually and ^etemporally;

 4 But if they receive thee not, I will send upon them a ^acursing instead of a blessing.

 5 And thou shalt continue in calling upon God in my name, and writing the things which shall be given thee by the ^aComforter, and expounding all scriptures unto the church.

 6 And it shall be given thee in the very moment what thou shalt ^aspeak and ^bwrite, and they shall hear it, or I will send unto them a cursing instead of a blessing.

 7 For thou shalt devote all thy ^aservice in Zion; and in this thou shalt have strength.

 8 Be ^apatient in ^bafflictions, for thou shalt have many; but ^cendure them, for, lo, I am with thee, even unto the ^dend of thy days.

 9 And in temporal labors thou shalt not have strength, for this is not thy calling. Attend to thy ^acalling and thou shalt have wherewith to magnify thine office, and to expound all scriptures, and continue in laying on of the hands and ^bconfirming the churches.

 10 And thy brother Oliver shall continue in bearing my name before the ^aworld, and also to the church. And he shall not suppose that he can say enough in my cause; and lo, I am with him to the end.

 11 In me he shall have glory, and not of himself, whether in weakness or in strength, whether in ^abonds or free;