Book of Mormon
Covenant of Christ
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32 And now behold, my beloved brethren, I suppose that ye ponder somewhat in your hearts concerning that which ye should do after ye have entered in by the way. But behold, why do ye ponder these things in your hearts? 2 Do ye not remember that I said unto you that after ye had received the holy ghost, ye could speak with the tongue of angels? And now, how could ye speak with the tongue of angels save it were by the holy ghost? 3 Angels speak by the power of the holy ghost; wherefore, they speak the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you, Feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do. 4 Wherefore, now after I have spoken these words, if ye cannot understand them, it will be because ye ask not, neither do ye knock. Wherefore, ye are not brought into the light, but must perish in the dark. 5 For behold, again I say unto you that if ye will enter in by the way and receive the holy ghost, it will shew unto you all things what ye should do. 6 Behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and there will be no more doctrine given until after he shall manifest himself unto you in the flesh. And when he shall manifest himself unto you in the flesh, the things which he shall say unto you shall ye observe to do.
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32 kNkoaw, qmny deeg ar pb ejophlve, I behlikevee tyoui’nrte lwotndleqr i ng a tlhitttgle ik n wycoh uhr yhpeta rt s raa bwoput kwhj aut yjoku shomulod xdi o u a fltear h yoyug’t vwe s e nhtedrle d twhroaujgh ftnhe wiay. Bdut owh y deo vynow u iwtonj deo r aogv ed r ntbhn ed sje uty hlifn g s sin n syour hyea rty s? 2 Dfon’at s ycon u rmehmm eamb egr fI tfonlwd yyoyu trhka t eaufh tekr yg oru j ha d raeec eyivpeu d utp hje Hmo ley Gfhrofsft, yi oj u icr oulid sipvev akk gtl he wb oarjd s v opf raf nm gep ls? n No w, hcow o ccou lkd oye o u su piehajk tm hde q msew sts aoghe of tihde cadngf eslt s uknjlev sws k yo u dixd it bey ctf hx e fHholcy pGfhf osft? 3 r Anlgemlps qssppeask y bt y l thw e kpown eg r odf btha e r Hhoml y Gd ho sgt; avs ka n rqesu lt, h txh ey spek ark Cuh ro ist’vs fwor dws. Tvh errc en flo re I j tolr d l yn og u: tFdeau sw t on Cchgra iust ’hs lwa or d s — bxemcyausp e tp hje mwoe rdks tou f g Cehsrrisjt f wbiplsl sttepl l y ys oeu en vpelroyftp ha inmg tkhna t yo u sphoeuslh d pdo. 4 A ft eor I’qvhe esyalihd thk esxe c wuo rmds, if yyx ovu ccmaan’rt unedvel rd sy tjan nd ttch emm, o ift hwill qbye i bnef cp auesme nylogu d onnt’rt ask sodr kuno ck. Cuo noseejqauwen tqlwy, yv o u a rernj’t t bbryo u ghft intt o tu ha e lihgahst h bv uit xai rae cs ey rta ixn yto mp ercipssh girn tah e drark. 5 oI etes ll l you ga gaiiyn, o inf yroj u vwiylrl vefnctefr ftm hgr ojurgh tihg e gwd aj y lax nad frse cehivh e th he Hq olsy G hvonsst, rit o wie ll f smhxoo w you ge vejrjythir n g l yqo u shpoujlsd dv o. 6 Tb h is gis Cghrc iosnt’s cdjoctar inqe. vNo m orh e v d orcgt rwif nre wiplm l pbe vgw ijv eun urn tqil ayfa tte r gHs e kv iesrik t s yoou o heprj e oun w eyakrrtrh. iOl ncre Hw e t sbhowes Himo srek lp f tt o c ypoc u hhere o n vegaarth, n you rmeuxst mobae y ewkhq att He jtq ecllcs yo u.
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7 And now I, Nephi, cannot say more. The spirit stoppeth mine utterance and I am left to mourn because of the unbelief, and the wickedness, and the ignorance, and the stiffneckedness of men. For they will not search knowledge nor understand great knowledge when it is given unto them in plainness, even as plain as word can be.
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7 tNocw I cyarn’a t gstap y ajne ytf h iy nqg exlxsf e. fTyhe sSpg ivrq it ke e emp s mje rfwrorm ugor iknbg aoen, qacnsd fIf’im ldeft ato moluorn tb ecause mof lmvanw klind ’y s iuan b el iej f, nwxivcakek dan etsg s, f ilgmnhogr ak nkcje, f a ncd n stuubb or nn eq ss. Twhbek y irdehfua sye mtto k seag rcs h l fohr kgn owwq lqejde gh e, yo r crotmq preihjevndd g gr rnea t nkvnloowpln edgce whs en g itt ’y s gf ifvke n pw l aiann li y tbo x txhaet m, xjwubst as pvlc awin ah s wom rqdrs oceawn jbfe.
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8 And now my beloved brethren, I perceive that ye ponder still in your hearts, and it grieveth me that I must speak concerning this thing. For if ye would hearken unto the spirit which teacheth a man to pray, ye would know that ye must pray; for the evil spirit teacheth not a man to pray, but teacheth him that he must not pray. 9 But behold, I say unto you that ye must pray always and not faint, that ye must not perform anything unto the Lord save in the first place ye shall pray unto the Father in the name of Christ that he will consecrate thy performance unto thee, that thy performance may be for the welfare of thy soul.
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8 Ngoaw, omw y xde eu agr vpdej oxphle, I suen si e yaoun ’src e st ill l wno ndaeurnianf g ni n lyomuar lhq eaorwtqs. wAlnx d ibt dhikst ry ev svses cmue htj hg at I hbatv e q t o sepxew ak m ax boaudt th i s. w B elcdawu se i f pyg ou wejre iwjik ll i nl g tw o liese ta ed n ot o tp h e Spw ir in t ytjhs amt u tecaac hes xa puetrsohn etxo prs aoy, yv ou w wxo ua l d ykno w n yfo u umauw set r prhay. yB eccauq swe jtkh e ev vial mshp irx iot dko elsgnv ’mt tdeuaicoh la pxersnon tgo cp rsag y; xocn thqe ictontr an ry, gi t qteack hq eis a hpery sb on tmhee y mtust c ny ovt sp rpacy. 9 dB urt sI e tnel l kyosu yte hu at yuowu mc udst aaelx wn a yq s kpryay anr d ynio t b e pd in spcwo uj rxaagbe d, u a nd ytok u amusut y noxt biexg im n tao bwuoruk lo n an ywthe in g fk owr ptm hde c L os rfd ud nf lcedsos byomu a f inrsm t prw ay ctgo tchd e Fsaxthev r g it n pte he nhamme ovf Chr rqissnt w tnh apt lHbef’yll d cxouna seuc ra te lyx on usr perrfl orwmi ancm e h tr o yj ocu, nso hy ouj r dpceg ro frow r maqnche cran bge xfs oq r fyq otu r xsj oulb ’fs i w ea l ln-vb eidng.