“Whom I Love I Also Chasten”
Doctrine and Covenants 95:1–3
1 Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you whom I love, and whom I love I also chasten that their sins may be forgiven, for with the chastisement I prepare a way for their deliverance in all things out of temptation, and I have loved you—
2 Wherefore, ye must needs be chastened and stand rebuked before my face;
3 For ye have sinned against me a very grievous sin, in that ye have not considered the great commandment in all things, that I have given unto you concerning the building of mine house . . .
Elder D. Todd Christofferson said:
“Correction is vital if we would conform our lives ‘unto a perfect man, [that is,] unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ’ (Ephesians 4:13). . . . Though it is often difficult to endure, truly we ought to rejoice that God considers us worth the time and trouble to correct.”
(“As Many as I Love, I Rebuke and Chasten,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2011, 97–98.)
