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D&C 93:45 · John 15:15

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Doctrine and Covenants D&C 93:45
"I will call you friends, for you are my friends"
New Testament John 15:15
"Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends"

Shared words: you friends

The servant/friend contrast stands on both sides: the revelation completes it in the next verse, 'I called you servants for the world's sake, and ye are their servants for my sake' (D&C 93:46). Divergences reported: the Gospel abolishes the servant-title where the revelation keeps it and assigns it a purpose; the Gospel grounds the friendship in disclosure ('all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you'), the revelation in inheritance ('ye shall have an inheritance with me'). The adjacent John 15:14, 'Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you', carries the revelation's 'you are my friends' more nearly still but lacks the called-friends clause; disclosed rather than paired. A third carrier of the called-friends language, D&C 84:77, is registered against the same Gospel verse at w2-dc84-friends-john15 on the-charge-to-the-ministry.md; the two records share the second endpoint and not the pair.