Nearer is our salvation than we believed.
We must continue to be righteous. We cannot commit iniquity or we shall die. Keep the commandments, endure to the end. The reward is eternal life, which is the greatest of all the gifts of God.
There are many things we can do that will lead us to salvation:
Serve
Do not conform to the ways of the world
Renew your mind
Prove what is good
Love
Abhor evil
Cleave to good
Be hospitibal
Be of the same mind one toward another
Mind not high things
Condescend to men of low estate
Be now wise in your own conceits
Overcome evil with good
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers
Do good
Do not get into debt
Love one another
Do not commit adultery
Do not kill
Do not steal
Do not bear false witness
Do not covet
Love they neighour as thyself
Paul gave cautions about judging. They are: to not judge! We live unto the Lord, we die unto the Lord. We are the Lord’s, and so it is he that will judge. We will all stand before the judgement seat of Christ. Don’t worry about what another person is doing, worry about what you are doing. You don’t have time to judge other people.
We that are strong should bear the infirmities of the weak, and not act to please ourselves. Please your neighbour. Christ did not please himself. Be like Christ, but let him worry about the judgement of others.
Reading Doctrine and Covenants 38:25-27 provides more insight on this. Esteem your brother as yourself. Be one. If you are not, you are not Christ’s.
Paul frequently calls the members of the church in his day Saints.
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