>[!Properties]+ Resources >[Gospel Library](https://churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/41?lang=eng) | [Citation Index](https://scriptures.byu.edu/#12e29::c12e29) | [Historical Resources](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/doctrine-and-covenants-historical-resources-2025/18?lang=eng) | [JS Papers](https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paperSummary/revelation-4-february-1831-dc-41) | [CFM 2025 (Ch 41-44)](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/come-follow-me-for-home-and-church-doctrine-and-covenants-2025/18-doctrine-and-covenants-41-44?lang=eng) >>[!AI]- AI Context >>Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet in Kirtland, Ohio, on February 4, 1831, to the early Church members shortly after Joseph's arrival there, addressing organizational needs and preparations for the law of the Church. > >>[!AI]- AI Child Summary >>God told his prophet Joseph to have a house built for him and chose a kind man named Edward to be a bishop to help care for the church people, teaching everyone to be humble and work hard instead of being lazy or proud. > >>[!AI]- AI Summary >>The revelation directs the Saints to assemble and receive the Lord's law, instructing them to build a house for Joseph Smith where he can live and translate, while emphasizing true discipleship through humility, avoiding pride, and shunning idleness ([[D&C 41#1|v1-6]] — instructions on assembly and discipleship). It calls Edward Partridge to be ordained as the first bishop to oversee church affairs and care for the poor ([[D&C 41#7|v7-11]] — bishop's calling and duties). The section underscores the importance of living worthily to receive blessings and prepare for further revelations on church governance. > >#Gospel/ChurchOrganization #Gospel/Consecration #Gospel/Humility ###### 1 1 Hearken and hear, O ye my people, saith the Lord and your God, ye whom I delight to bless with the greatest of all blessings, ye that hear me; and ye that hear me not will I curse, that have professed my name, with the heaviest of all cursings. ###### 2 2 Hearken, O ye elders of my church whom I have called, behold I give unto you a commandment, that ye shall assemble yourselves together to agree upon my word; ###### 3 3 And by the prayer of your faith ye shall receive my law, that ye may know how to govern my church and have all things right before me. ###### 4 4 And I will be your ruler when I come; and behold, I come quickly, and ye shall see that my law is kept. ###### 5 5 He that receiveth my law and doeth it, the same is my disciple; and he that saith he receiveth it and doeth it not, the same is not my disciple, and shall be cast out from among you; ###### 6 6 For it is not meet that the things which belong to the children of the kingdom should be given to them that are not worthy, or to dogs, or the pearls to be cast before swine. ###### 7 7 And again, it is meet that my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., should have a house built, in which to live and translate. ###### 8 8 And again, it is meet that my servant Sidney Rigdon should live as seemeth him good, inasmuch as he keepeth my commandments. ###### 9 9 And again, I have called my servant Edward Partridge; and I give a commandment, that he should be appointed by the voice of the church, and ordained a bishop unto the church, to leave his merchandise and to spend all his time in the labors of the church; ###### 10 10 To see to all things as it shall be appointed unto him in my laws in the day that I shall give them. ###### 11 11 And this because his heart is pure before me, for he is like unto Nathanael of old, in whom there is no guile. ###### 12 12 These words are given unto you, and they are pure before me; wherefore, beware how you hold them, for they are to be answered upon your souls in the day of judgment. Even so. Amen.