Original sentence: He also taught:.If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.Smith said his ethical rule was, "When the Lord commands, do it"; meaning that revelation from God supersedes all else, including earthly law.Smith's most succinct statement of ethics is found in his 13th Article of Faith:.We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things
Edited sentence: He also taught that:.Smith said his ethical rule was, "When the Lord commands, do it"; meaning that revelation from God would supersede earthly law