Duties

Duty: A moral or legal obligation; a responsibility.

Synonym: Obedience: Compliance with law or admission to another’s authority.

Why we uphold our duties to the Lord

Of All Mankind

Gentiles to Israel

Of the Church

Take the Gospel to All the World | Matthew 24:14; Matthew 28: 18-20; Mark 16:15;
Mormon 4:86

Members of the Church of Christ

Be Baptized | I Corinthians 12:13-24; Moroni 6:2-3
Be Renewed | Ephesians 4:22-23; Mosiah 11:188
Covenant with God | Mosiah 3: 6-8
Study and Know the Word | Acts 17:11; II Timothy 2:15, 3:14-17; Alma 12:4-6
Witness of God | Luke 24: 46-48; Mosiah 11:59-62
Be Holy for He is Holy | I Peter 1:14-16
Love God and All Mankind | Matthew 5:43-48; II Nephi 13:27-30
Be a Righteous Example | Matthew 5:13-16; Alma 12:19
Hear the Lord and Be Obedient | Matthew 7:21-25; II Nephi 7:2
Live a Life of Fasting and Prayer | Matthew 4:1-2; Alma 4:6; III Nephi 8:47-52; Moroni 6:6
Receive the Priesthood | I Thessalonians 5:12-13; Hebrews 13:7
Participate in Church Services and Activities | Hebrews 10:25; III Nephi 8:53
Observe the Sabbath | Acts 20:7; Mark 2:27-28; Mosiah 9:56-58
Partake of the Holy Communion | John 6:53-58; III Nephi 8:28-39
Support the Church with Tithes and Offerings | Malachi 3:8-12; III Nephi 11:10-15
Give to the Needy | Matthew 6:1-4; III Nephi 5:93-96
Pay Our Debts | Mosiah 2:46-47
Be a Good Employee | Ephesians 6:5-8; I Peter 2:18-20
Endure to the End | Matthew 24:4-13; Mark 13:13; Alma 3:25-26; I Nephi 3:188

To Each Other

Fellowship with Each Other | Ephesians 2:19-22; I John 1:7; Helaman 2:120-121
Have Unity Together | I Corinthians 1:10, 12:25-27; Romans 12:5; Mosiah 9:54
Love One Another | John 13:34-35; John 15:12-14; Galatians 5:13; Mosiah 2:27
Have Hospitality and Charity to One Another | I Peter 4:8-9
Pray for Each Other | James 5:15-16; III Nephi 8:54; II Nephi 15:4
Bear One Another’s Burdens | Galatians 6:1-2; Mosiah 9:39-42
Resolve Conflicts with Each Other | Matthew 18:15-16; Ephesians 4:31-32;
Mosiah 11:140

To Live By

Duties of Families

Children

Proverbs 1:7-9, 4:1-13, 6:20-23, 19:20; Ephesians 6:1-3; Colossians 3:20; I Nephi 5:167; Alma 17:68-70

Parents

Deuteronomy 6:1-7; Psalms 78:4-7; Proverbs 22:6; Ephesians 6:4; Colossians 3:21; Jacob 2:60-64; Mosiah 1:1-6, 2:25-27; III Nephi 8:52

Wives

Intended by Creator to be Helper to Their Husbands | Genesis 2:18
Wives are to be Submissive to Their Husbands at the Church is to Christ | Genesis 3:16; Ephesians 5:22, 24; Colossians 3:18, Titus 2:4-5; I Peter 3:1
Wives are Not to Exercise Authority Over Husbands | I Timothy 2:12
Wives Shall Be Faithful to Their Husbands | Romans 7:2-3; I Corinthians 7:2, 10, 13
Wives are to Love Their Husbands | I Corinthians 7:3; Ephesians 5: 33, Jacob 2: 57
The Wife is to Consider Her Husband’s Needs Over Her Own | I Corinthians 7: 4-5

Husbands

The Christian Husband is to Have One Wife His Whole Life | Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19: 5-6; Mark 10:6-8; I Corinthians 7:10-12; Jacob 2:36
A Husband Must be Faithful to His Wife | Malachi 2:14-15
A Husband Must Love His Wife | Ephesians 5:25; Colossians 3:19, Jacob 2:57
A Husband Must be Kind to His Wife | I Corinthians 7:3
The Husband is to Consider His Wife’s Needs Above His Own | I Corinthians 7:4
Loves His Children, Nourishes Them and Maintains Discipline | Ephesians 6:4; I Timothy 3:2, 12; Titus 1:6
Provide For and Manage His Home | I Timothy 5:8; I Timothy 3:4- A Husband, a Father and a Christian Should be Willing to Make the Ultimate Sacrifice for His Family and His God | Alma 20:50