Preach My Gospel
Ch. 3 What to Study and Teach
Scripture References
compiled by Nate Richardson
updated 1-26-18
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(this goes through each of the 5 lessons in Preach My Gospel Ch. 3 on what to study and teach. It is a list of the scriptures as suggested reading in those chapters by topic from the text, the chapter summary, and the what to study passages.)
Lesson 1: The Message of the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
Doctrine and Covenants 20:37
God Is Our Loving Heavenly Father
Alma 18:24–40 and 22:4–23
What is the nature of God the Father and Jesus Christ?
1 Nephi 17:36
2 Nephi 9:6
Mosiah 4:9
3 Nephi 12:48
3 Nephi 14:9–11
3 Nephi 27:13–22
D&C 38:1–3
D&C 130:22
Moses 1:39
Matthew 5:48
John 3:16–17
Acts 17:27–29
Romans 8:16
Hebrews 12:9
1 John 4:7–9
John 3:16–17
The Gospel Blesses Families
D&C 49:15–16
D&C 68:25
Genesis 18:19
Deuteronomy 6:7
Heavenly Father Reveals His Gospel in Every Dispensation
2 Nephi 31:21
Prophets
Jacob 4:4, 6
Mosiah 8:13–18
Acts 10:34–43
Amos 3:7
Dispensations
D&C 136:36–38
Moses 5:4–12, 55–59
Moses 8:19–30
Bible Dictionary, “Dispensations”
The Savior’s Earthly Ministry
John 3:16–17
2 Nephi 31:13–21
Articles of Faith 1:5
Matthew 10:1–10
Luke 6:13
John 15:16
Hebrews 5:4
Bible Dictionary, “Miracles,” 732–33
Matthew 27:35
Mark 15:25
Bible Dictionary, “Atonement,” 617
The Great Apostasy
1 Nephi 13
2 Nephi 26:20–21
2 Nephi 28
4 Nephi 1:27
D&C 86:1–3
Matthew 24:9–11
Mark 12:1–9
Acts 3:19–21
Acts 20:28–30
Galatians 1:6–9
2 Thessalonians 2:1–12 (JST verses 2, 3, 7–9)
1 Timothy 4:1–3
2 Timothy 4:3–4
2 Peter 2:1–2
Amos 8:11–12
Topical Guide, “Apostasy of the Early Christian Church”
True to the Faith, “Apostasy,” pages 13–14
Our Search for Happiness, pages 23–32
Jesus the Christ, chapter 40, “The Long Night of Apostasy”
Ephesians 2:19–20; 4:11–14
Matthew 24:9
1 Nephi 11:32–34
2 Nephi 27:5
Isaiah 24:5
1 Nephi 13:26–40
Joseph Smith—History 1:19
3 John 1:9–10
2 Timothy 4:3–4
D&C 123:12
For more information on the reformers, see the following sources in the missionary library: James E. Talmage, Jesus the Christ, 692–703; M. Russell Ballard, Our Search for Happiness, 26–32.
Alma 29:8
The Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ through Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith—History 1:18
Ephesians 4:5
Joseph Smith—History 1:8, 10
James 1:5
Joseph Smith—History 1:16–17
Joseph Smith—History 1:19
2 Nephi 3
D&C 112:30
Ephesians 1:10
Ephesians 4:5
James 1:5
Brochure, The Testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith
D&C 35:17; 135:3
D&C 13; 27:12
The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ
Title page of the Book of Mormon
Introduction to the Book of Mormon, paragraphs 1–7
D&C 1:17–23
D&C 20:5–12
Joseph Smith—History 1:27–64
Pray to Know the Truth through the Holy Ghost
Moroni 10:3–5
Alma 5:45–46
D&C 8:2–3
John 14:26
Introduction to the Book of Mormon, paragraphs 1, 8–9
Lesson 2: The Plan of Salvation
Doctrine and Covenants 20:37
Helping Others Learn about Jesus Christ
title page of the Book of Mormon
Title page and introduction
1 Nephi 10–11
1 Nephi 19
2 Nephi 2
2 Nephi 9
2 Nephi 31–33
Enos
Mosiah 2–5
Mosiah 12–16
Alma 5, 7
Alma 17–22
Alma 34
Alma 36
Alma 40–42
Helaman 5
3 Nephi 9–10
3 Nephi 11–18
3 Nephi 27
Ether 3
Ether 12
Moroni 7–8
Moroni 10
“The Living Christ”
Pre-Earth Life: God’s Purpose and Plan for Us
Children of God
D&C 93:29
Acts 17:16–34
Hebrews 12:9
God’s Purpose
Moses 1:39
John 17:3
Premortal Life
D&C 138:53–56
Moses 3:5
Abraham 3:22–26
Jeremiah 1:5
2 Nephi 2:27–29
Topical Guide, “Man, Antemortal Existence of”
The Creation
1 Nephi 17:36
Alma 30:44
D&C 88:41–47
Moses 2:1
Moses 6:63
Abraham 3:24–25
JST, John 1:1–3
2 Corinthians 5:6–7
Hebrews 1:1–3
Agency and the Fall of Adam and Eve
Alma 18:36; 22:12–14
In the Garden
2 Nephi 2
Moses 2:26–31
Moses 3:15–17
Moses 5:11
Moses 3:7
Genesis 1:26–31
Genesis 2:15–17
The Fall
2 Nephi 2:25
Alma 12:22–34
Moses 4
Moses 5:10–12
Genesis 3
Our Life on Earth
Probation or Testing Period
2 Nephi 2:21
2 Nephi 9:27
Mosiah 3:19
Alma 12:21–24
Alma 34:31–35
Alma 42:2–10
Abraham 3:25–26
D&C 19:15–20
Romans 3:23
Choice
2 Nephi 2:26–29
Joshua 24:15
For the Strength of Youth, “Agency and Accountability”
Good and Evil
Moroni 7:12–19
Sin
Romans 3:23
1 John 1:8–10
1 John 3:4
The Unclean Cannot Be with God
1 Nephi 10:20–21
Alma 41:10–11
3 Nephi 27:19
Moses 6:57
The Atonement
Resurrection
2 Nephi 9:6–7
2 Nephi 9:8–9
Alma 11:42–45
Alma 11:41–43
Alma 40:23
Helaman 14:15–19
D&C 88:27–32
Luke 24:1–10, 36–39
1 Corinthians 15:20–23
JST, 1 Corinthians 15:40
1 Corinthians 15:41–42
Topical Guide, “Resurrection”
Bible Dictionary, “Death,” “Resurrection”
Atonement
2 Nephi 2:6–8
Alma 7:11–13
Alma 34:8–10
D&C 19:15–19
D&C 45:3–5
John 3:16–17
1 John 1:7
Bible Dictionary, “Atonement”
The Gospel—The Way
2 Nephi 9:1–24
2 Nephi 31
Alma 11:40
3 Nephi 11:31–41
3 Nephi 27
Moroni 7:27–28
The Spirit World
Gospel Preached to the Dead
D&C 138
1 Peter 3:19–20
1 Peter 4:6
Death and the Spirit World
Alma 34:34
Alma 40:11–14
Ecclesiastes 12:7
Alma 11:42–45; 40:23
Alma 42:6–7
2 Nephi 9:39
The Resurrection, Judgment, and Immortality
Kingdoms of Glory
Resurrection and Restoration
2 Nephi 9:14–15
Jacob 6:8–9
Alma 42:13–15, 22–23
Judgment
2 Nephi 28:23
Mosiah 3:23–25
Alma 5:15–21
Alma 12:12–14
D&C 132:12; 137:9
John 5:22
Kingdoms of Glory
3 Nephi 28:10
D&C 76: Introduction
D&C 76
D&C 137
Matthew 5:48
JST, 1 Corinthians 15:40
1 Corinthians 15:40–42
Eternal Life
2 Nephi 31:17–21
D&C 14:7
D&C 29:43–44
D&C 45:8
D&C 93:19
John 3:16
John 17:3
Lesson 3: The Gospel of Jesus Christ
Doctrine and Covenants 20:37
Through Christ We Can Be Cleansed from Sin
3 Nephi 9:13; 18:32
2 Nephi 9:10–16
Helaman 14:15–18
3 Nephi 27:14–22
D&C 137:9
1 Nephi 10:21
3 Nephi 27:19
Moses 6:57
God Sent His Son
Alma 11:40
John 3:16–17
Salvation through Christ
2 Nephi 2:6–8
2 Nephi 9:21–24
Alma 34:8–9, 14–16
Christ Is Our Advocate
D&C 45:3–5
Mercy and Justice
Mosiah 15:9
Alma 42:22–25
Faith in Jesus Christ
John 7:17
Romans 10:17
Helaman 15:7–8
Faith, Power, and Salvation
1 Nephi 7:12
2 Nephi 9:23
2 Nephi 25:23
Moroni 7:33–34
Moroni 10:7
The Doctrine of Faith
Alma 32
Ephesians 2:8
Bible Dictionary, “Faith”
Examples of Faith
Ether 12
Hebrews 11
Works and Obedience
1 Nephi 3:7
D&C 130:20–21
James 2:17–26
Faith unto Repentance
Alma 34
Repentance
We All Sin
Romans 3:23
1 John 1:7–8
Repentance
Alma 34:8–17
Alma 34
D&C 58:42–43
D&C 61:2
2 Corinthians 7:9–10
Bible Dictionary, “Repentance”
Redemption and Forgiveness
Helaman 5:10–11
Mercy Claims the Penitent
Alma 12:32–35
Alma 42:13, 21–24
D&C 18:10–13
Alma 36:17–21
Baptism, Our First Covenant
Articles of Faith 1:4
Romans 6:3–8
D&C 84:20
Mosiah 5:7–8
Romans 8:14–17
Moroni 8:4–24
D&C 68:27
Doctrine and Covenants 20:37
Christ’s Example
2 Nephi 31:4–18
Matthew 3:13–17
The Baptismal Covenant
Mosiah 5:8–10
Mosiah 18:8–10
D&C 20:37
Qualifications for Baptism
2 Nephi 9:23
Mosiah 18:8–10
Alma 7:14–15
3 Nephi 11:23–27
Moroni 6:1–4
D&C 20:37
Acts 2:37–39
The Lord Institutes the Sacrament
3 Nephi 18:1–18
Luke 22:15–20
D&C 20:77, 79
Promised Blessings of Baptism
Mosiah 4:11–12, 26
Moroni 8:25–26
John 3:5
Romans 6:4
The Sacrament Prayers
Moroni 4 and 5
D&C 20:75–79
Partaking of the Sacrament
D&C 27:2
1 Corinthians 11:23–29
Necessity for Authority
D&C 22
Hebrews 5:4
The Gift of the Holy Ghost
2 Nephi 32:1–5
Mosiah 5:1–6
Moroni 10:5
D&C 36:2
D&C 1:30
Nature of the Holy Ghost
D&C 130:22–23
John 3:1–8
Galatians 5:22–23
Bible Dictionary, “Earnest” and “Holy Ghost”
Blessings and Influence from the Holy Ghost
2 Nephi 32:1–5
2 Nephi 33:1–2
Moses 6:61
John 14:26
Topical Guide, “Holy Ghost, Comforter” and “Holy Ghost, Gifts of”
Importance of the Gift of the Holy Ghost
2 Nephi 31:11–12, 18, 21
3 Nephi 18:36–37
3 Nephi 19:13
3 Nephi 27:19–20
D&C 19:31
D&C 33:15
Acts 19:1–6
Endure to the End
2 Nephi 31:20
Endure to the End
2 Nephi 9:24
2 Nephi 31:14–20
3 Nephi 27:16–17
Matthew 10:22
Blessings for Those Who Endure
1 Nephi 13:37
3 Nephi 15:9
D&C 14:7
D&C 19:15–20
D&C 132:19–20
Lesson 4: The Commandments
Moroni 6:1–4
D&C 20:37
Alma 12:32
Obedience
Agency
2 Nephi 2:26–29
Alma 12:31
D&C 58:26–29
D&C 82:8–10
Topical Guide, “Agency”
Obedience
D&C 130:20–21
John 14:15, 21
Ecclesiastes 12:13
Pray Often
Moses 5:8
2 Nephi 32:8–9
Enos 1:1–12
Alma 34:17–28
Moroni 10:3–5
D&C 6:22–23
D&C 8:2–3
D&C 9:7–9
D&C 19:28
1 Kings 19:11–12
Bible Dictionary, “Prayer”
Study the Scriptures
1 Nephi 19:22–23
2 Nephi 9:50–51
2 Nephi 25:26
2 Nephi 29:1–13
2 Nephi 31:19–20
2 Nephi 32:3–5
Alma 32:28–30
John 5:39
John 20:31
2 Timothy 3:14–17
2 Peter 1:20–21
Keep the Sabbath Day Holy
3 Nephi 18:1–25
D&C 59:9–15
Exodus 20:8–11
Exodus 31:12–17
Isaiah 58:13–14
Baptism and Confirmation
Mosiah 18:8–9
Follow the Prophet
Mosiah 15:11–12
Alma 13:1–16
3 Nephi 12:1–2
D&C 1:37–38
D&C 21:1–7
D&C 136:37–38
John 15:16
Acts 10:34–44
Ephesians 2:19–20
Ephesians 4:11–14
Hebrews 5:4
Amos 3:7
Keep the Ten Commandments
• “Thou shalt have no other gods before me” (Exodus 20:3). Other “gods” can include possessions, power, or prominence.
• “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image” (Exodus 20:4).
• “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain” (Exodus 20:7).
• “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy” (Exodus 20:8).
• “Honour thy father and thy mother” (Exodus 20:12).
• “Thou shalt not kill” (Exodus 20:13).
• “Thou shalt not commit adultery” (Exodus 20:14).
• “Thou shalt not steal” (Exodus 20:15).
• “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour” (Exodus 20:16).
• “Thou shalt not covet” (Exodus 20:17).
Mosiah 13
D&C 59:5–6
Matthew 22:36–40
Exodus 20:1–17
Deuteronomy 5:6–21
Live the Law of Chastity
Jacob 2:28
Mosiah 13:22
Alma 39:3–5
3 Nephi 12:27–30
D&C 42:22–24
D&C 63:16
Matthew 5:27–28
Romans 1:26–32
Ephesians 5:3–5
Obey the Word of Wisdom
D&C 89
1 Corinthians 3:16–17
1 Corinthians 6:19–20
Keep the Law of Tithing
Alma 13:15
Malachi 3:10
Malachi 3:8
Tithing
D&C 119
D&C 120
Hebrews 7:1–2
Genesis 14:18–20
Leviticus 27:30–33
Malachi 3:7–12
Faith
3 Nephi 13:33
Ether 12:6
Observe the Law of the Fast
Fasting
Omni 1:26
Alma 5:45–46
Alma 6:6
Alma 17:2–3
Moroni 6:5
D&C 88:76
D&C 59:12–16
Matthew 6:1–4, 16–18
Isaiah 58:6–11
Caring for the Poor
Mosiah 4:16–27
Mosiah 18:8–10
Alma 4:12–13
Matthew 25:34–46
James 1:27
Isaiah 58:3–12
Obey and Honor the Law
D&C 58:21
D&C 98:5
D&C 130:20–21
D&C 134
Articles of Faith 1:12
Lesson 5: Laws and Ordinances
Priesthood and Auxiliaries
D&C 13
D&C 27:12–13
D&C 4:3; 63:57
Mosiah 18:17
Alma 13:1–19
D&C 20:38–65
D&C 84:19–20
D&C 107
D&C 121:34–46
Luke 9:1–6
John 15:16
James 5:14–15
Missionary Work
Jacob 5:70–75
Mosiah 28:3
D&C 18:10–16
D&C 19:29
D&C 33:8–11
D&C 38:40–42
D&C 84:74–76, 88
D&C 88:81
D&C 100:5–8
Eternal Marriage
D&C 42:22
Ensign, Nov. 1995, 102
Marriage
D&C 42:22
D&C 49:15
D&C 131:1–4
D&C 132:7
Genesis 2:24
Ephesians 5:25
“The Family: A Proclamation to the World”
Family
Mosiah 4:14–15
3 Nephi 18:21
D&C 130:2
1 Timothy 5:8
“The Family: A Proclamation to the World”
Teach Children
Alma 56:47
Alma 57:21
Moses 6:55–62
D&C 68:25–30
Ephesians 6:4
Proverbs 22:6
Temples and Family History
D&C 43:16
D&C 95:8–9
D&C 124:22–42
D&C 128
D&C 131
D&C 132
D&C 138
1 Corinthians 15:29
1 Peter 3:18–21
Psalm 65:4
Brochure, Welcome to the Family History Center
Service
Mosiah 18:8–10
Charity
Moroni 7:43–48
D&C 88:125
Matthew 22:36–40
1 Corinthians 13:1–8
Care for the Poor
Mosiah 4:26
Alma 34:28–29
D&C 52:40
Matthew 25:40
We Are to Serve
Mosiah 2:17
Mosiah 18:8–10
D&C 42:29
D&C 107:99–100
Teaching and Learning in the Church
D&C 88:77–79
Ephesians 4:11–14
Endure to the End
Philippians 2:12
2 Nephi 31:20–21
Moroni 6:4
D&C 20:37
Articles of Faith 1:3
John 14:15, 21
Ephesians 4:11–14
Philippians 2:12
