Quote#Death
You have to learn how to be Gods yourselves, and be kings and priests…
Quote byJoseph Smith · 1805–1844
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: King Follett discourse (1844), History of the Church, 6:306 (7 April 1844).
English (original)
You have to learn how to be Gods yourselves, and be kings and priests to God, the same as all Gods have done before you, namely by going from one small degree to another, and from a small capacity to a great one: from grace to grace FROM EXALTATION TO EXALTATION until you ATTAIN THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD."
— Joseph Smith
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