Come, Follow Me Doctrine and Covenants
Doctrine and Covenants 84
Detail from The Restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood, by Liz Lemon Swindle
Ever since the priesthood was restored in 1829, the early Saints had been blessed by the Lord’s sacred power. They were baptized, confirmed, and called to serve by priesthood authority, much like we are today. But having access to priesthood power is not the same thing as completely understanding it, and God had more He wanted His Saints to understand—particularly with the coming restoration of temple ordinances. The 1832 revelation on the priesthood, now Doctrine and Covenants 84, expanded the Saints’ vision of what the priesthood really is. And it can do the same for us today. After all, there is a lot to learn about the divine power that holds “the key of the knowledge of God,” that makes manifest “the power of godliness,” and that prepares us to “see the face of God, even the Father, and live” (verses 19–22).
D&C 84: Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Kirtland, Ohio, September 22 and 23, 1832. During the month of September, elders had begun to return from their missions in the eastern states and to make reports of their labors. It was while they were together in this season of joy that the following communication was received. The Prophet designated it a revelation on priesthood.
- Come, Follow Me Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 31: D&C 84 (2021), Jonn Claybaugh
Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me Doctrine and Covenants Lesson 31 (D&C 84) (2021)
- KnoWhy OTL23A — How Does the Story of David’s Loyalty to Saul Apply in Our Day?, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, June 14, 2018
- “The Restoration of the Priesthood”: D&C 13; 20:38-67; 27:12-13; 84:6-30; 107:1-20; 110:11-16; Joseph Smith—History 1:66-73, Taylor Halverson, December 15, 2013
Scripture Roundtable: D&C Gospel Doctrine Lesson 8 (2013), Administration, January 31, 2017
- Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 1, “The Keystone of Our Religion”, Administration, November 8, 2015
- Scripture Roundtable: D&C Gospel Doctrine Lesson 8, The Restoration of the Priesthood, Administration, February 16, 2017
- Scripture Roundtable: D&C Gospel Doctrine Lesson 25, "Priesthood: 'The Power of Godliness'", Administration, June 16, 2017
- Scripture Roundtable: D&C Gospel Doctrine Lesson 42, Continuing Revelation to Latter-day Prophets, Administration, October 12, 2013
- Scripture Roundtable: D&C Gospel Doctrine Lesson 4, "Remember the New Covenant, Even the Book of Mormon", Administration, January 24, 2017
- Dissenters: Portraying the Church as Wrong So They can be Right Without It, Brian C. Hales, May 9, 2014
- “How long can rolling waters remain impure?”: Literary Aspects of the Doctrine and Covenants, Richard Dilworth Rust, October 6, 2017
- Joseph Smith and the Doctrine of Sealing, A. Keith Thompson, July 8, 2016
- On Being the Sons of Moses and Aaron: Another Look at Interpreting the Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood, Mark Hamstead, May 11, 2018
- Come, Follow Me—For Home and Church: Doctrine and Covenants 2025
- “I Quit Other Business”: Early Missionaries, Revelations in Context
- Doctrine Immunizes Us against Sin, Doctrine and Covenants Teaching Videos, Elder Russell M. Nelson
- Chapter 31: Doctrine and Covenants 84, Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual (2017)
- Receiving Godly Power – Doctrine and Covenants 84, Liahona – Come, Follow Me: Doctrine and Covenants
- Section 84, Harper, Steven C. – D&C Contexts (Book of Mormon Central Archive)
- Doctrine & Covenants 84, Doctrine & Covenants Central
- Doctrine and Covenants 84 – “The Power of Godliness”, BYU Studies
- BYU Religious Education Discussions on the Doctrine and Covenants: Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood D&C 84-87
