SECTION
74
[Kirtland
D&C 73, LDS D&C 74]
After
Joseph Smith, Jr., resumed the inspired revision of the Scriptures,
he “received the following explanation of the First Epistle to the
Corinthians, chapter 7, verse 14.”
1. For
the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the
unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband, else were your
children unclean; but now are they holy.
2a.
Now in the days of the apostles the law of circumcision was had among
all the Jews who believed not the gospel of Jesus Christ.
2b.
And it came to pass that there arose a great contention among the
people concerning the law of circumcision, for the unbelieving
husband was desirous that his children should be circumcised and
become subject to the Law of Moses, which law was fulfilled.
3a.
And it came to pass that the children being brought up in subjection
to the Law of Moses, and giving heed to the traditions of their
fathers, believed not the gospel of Christ, wherein they became
unholy;
3b.
wherefore for this cause the apostle wrote unto the church, giving
unto them a commandment, not of the Lord, but of himself, that a
believer should not be united to an unbeliever, except the Law of
Moses should be done away among them, that their children might
remain without circumcision;
3c.
and that the tradition might be done away, which saith that little
children are unholy, for it was had among the Jews;
3d.
but little children are holy, being sanctified through the atonement
of Jesus Christ; and this is what the Scriptures mean.
