by Elder Bruce R. McConkie

“Marriage and the family unit are the central part of the plan of progression and exaltation. All things center in and around the family unit in the eternal perspective. Exaltation consists in the continuation of the family unit in eternity. Those for whom the family unit continues have eternal life; all others have a lesser degree of salvation in the mansions that are prepared.”

(Bruce R. McConkie, Doctrinal New Testament Commentary, 3 Vols. [1966-73], 1:546)