11  Therefore, verily I say unto you, that it is expedient for my servants Edward Partridge and Newel K. Whitney, A. Sidney Gilbert and Sidney Rigdon, and my servant Joseph Smith, and John Whitmer and Oliver Cowdery, and W. W. Phelps and Martin Harris to be bound ^atogether by a bond and covenant that cannot be broken by transgression, except judgment shall immediately follow, in your several stewardships—

  8  Verily I say unto you, it is expedient in me that he should become a member of the ^aorder, that he may assist in bringing forth my word unto the children of men.

  6  And again, verily I say unto thy brethren, Sidney Rigdon and ^aFrederick G. Williams, their sins are forgiven them also, and they are accounted as equal with thee in holding the keys of this last kingdom;

  8  And now, verily thus saith the Lord, it is expedient that all things be done unto my glory, by you who are joined together in this ^border;

  19  And now, verily I say unto you, concerning the properties of the ^border—