The Prophet Joseph Smith warned: “Let the elders be exceedingly careful about unnecessarily disturbing and harrowing up the feelings of the people.
“ … Avoid contentions and vain disputes with men of corrupt minds who do not desire to know the truth. Remember that ‘it is a day of warning, and not a day of many words.’ If they receive not your testimony in one place, flee to another, remembering to cast no reflections, nor throw out any bitter sayings. If you do your duty, it will be just as well with you, as though all men embraced the Gospel” (History of the Church, 1:468; see also “The Elders in Kirtland, to Their Brethren Abroad,” in The Evening and the Morning Star, Dec. 1833, 120).
| Doctrine of Christ | |
| Nephi Taught | Christ Taught |
| 2 Nephi 31:2; 4–21 | 3 Nephi 11:31–41 |
| Doctrine of Christ (2) | This is my doctrine (31) |
| Repent and be baptized (4–6, 11) | Repent and be baptized (32–33) |
| Holy Ghost (12) | Be visited with fire and the Holy Ghost (35) |
| Take upon you the name of Christ (13, 21) | In my name (37) |
| Endure to the end in faith (14–16, 21) | Inherit the kingdom of God (33) |