Monthly topic 8 · original study companion
Temple ordinances and covenants give you greater access to God's blessings
This page uses the baptismal covenant at the Waters of Mormon as a related study passage. Baptism and temple ordinances remain distinct; read the official guide for the Church’s teaching on the full topic.
Read and consider
Chapter 25, The Waters of Mormon, provides the selected baptismal-covenant connection in Mosiah 18:10. A record of building a temple appears in 2 Nephi 5:16, within the catalog span of Chapter 12, but a building account does not itself describe temple ordinances.
Quoted Book of Mormon
Now I say unto you, if this be the desire of your hearts, what have you against being baptized in the name of the Lord, as a witness before him that ye have entered into a covenant with him, that ye will serve him and keep his commandments, that he may pour out his Spirit more abundantly upon you?
Mosiah 18:10
Where this appears in Go and Do
- Chapter 25: The Waters of Mormon Mosiah 18 · closest related account: A related baptismal-covenant passage in Mosiah 18; this is distinct from an account of temple ordinances.
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About these passages
- This page’s selected passage concerns baptism. It does not present that passage as an account of temple ordinances.
- The official Gospel Library topic remains the source for the Church’s own teaching about temple ordinances.
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