WORDS OF MORMON
Words of Mormon
Chapter 1
Words Of Mormon 1:Verse 1
1 AND now I, Mormon, being about to deliver up the
record which I have been making into the hands of my son Moroni,
behold I have witnessed almost all the destruction of my people,
the Nephites.
Words Of Mormon 1:Verse 2
2 And it is many hundred years after the coming of
Christ that I deliver these records into the hands of my son; and
it supposeth me that he will witness the entire destruction of my
people. But may God grant that he may survive them, that he may
write somewhat concerning them, and somewhat concerning Christ,
that perhaps some day it may profit them.
Words Of Mormon 1:Verse 3
3 And now, I speak somewhat concerning that which I
have written; for after I had made an abridgment from the plates of
Nephi, down to the reign of this king Benjamin, of whom Amaleki
spake, I searched among the records which had been delivered into
my hands, and I found these plates, which contained this small
account of the prophets, from Jacob down to the reign of this king
Benjamin, and also many of the words of Nephi.
Words Of Mormon 1:Verse 4
4 And the things which are upon these plates pleasing
me, because of the prophecies of the coming of Christ; and my
fathers knowing that many of them have been fulfilled; yea, and I
also know that as many things as have been prophesied concerning us
down to this day have been fulfilled, and as many as go beyond this
day must surely come to pass--
Words Of Mormon 1:Verse 5
5 Wherefore, I chose these things, to finish my record
upon them, which remainder of my record I shall take from the
plates of Nephi; and I cannot write the hundredth part of the
things of my people.
Words Of Mormon 1:Verse 6
6 But behold, I shall take these plates, which contain
these prophesyings and revelations, and put them with the remainder
of my record, for they are choice unto me; and I know they will be
choice unto my brethren.
Words Of Mormon 1:Verse 7
7 And I do this for a wise purpose; for thus it
whispereth me, according to the workings of the Spirit of the Lord
which is in me. And now, I do not know all things; but the Lord
knoweth all things which are to come; wherefore, he worketh in me
to do according to his will.
Words Of Mormon 1:Verse 8
8 And my prayer to God is concerning my brethren, that
they may once again come to the knowledge of God, yea, the
redemption of Christ; that they may once again be a delightsome
people.
Words Of Mormon 1:Verse 9
9 And now I, Mormon, proceed to finish out my record,
which I take from the plates of Nephi; and I make it according to
the knowledge and the understanding which God has given me.
Words Of Mormon 1:Verse 10
10 Wherefore, it came to pass that after Amaleki had
delivered up these plates into the hands of king Benjamin, he took
them and put them with the other plates, which contained records
which had been handed down by the kings, from generation to
generation until the days of king Benjamin.
Words Of Mormon 1:Verse 11
11 And they were handed down from king Benjamin, from
generation to generation until they have fallen into my hands. And
I, Mormon, pray to God that they may be preserved from this time
henceforth. And I know that they will be preserved; for there are
great things written upon them, out of which my people and their
brethren shall be judged at the great and last day, according to
the word of God which is written.
Words Of Mormon 1:Verse 12
12 And now, concerning this king Benjamin--he had
somewhat of contentions among his own people.
Words Of Mormon 1:Verse 13
13 And it came to pass also that the armies of the
Lamanites came down out of the land of Nephi, to battle against his
people. But behold, king Benjamin gathered together his armies, and
he did stand against them; and he did fight with the strength of
his own arm, with the sword of Laban.
Words Of Mormon 1:Verse 14
14 And in the strength of the Lord they did contend
against their enemies, until they had slain many thousands of the
Lamanites. And it came to pass that they did contend against the
Lamanites until they had driven them out of all the lands of their
inheritance.
Words Of Mormon 1:Verse 15
15 And it came to pass that after there had been false
Christs, and their mouths had been shut, and they punished
according to their crimes;
Words Of Mormon 1:Verse 16
16 And after there had been false prophets, and false
preachers and teachers among the people, and all these having been
punished according to their crimes; and after there having been
much contention and many dissensions away unto the Lamanites,
behold, it came to pass that king Benjamin, with the assistance of
the holy prophets who were among his people--
Words Of Mormon 1:Verse 17
17 For behold, king Benjamin was a holy man, and he did
reign over his people in righteousness; and there were many holy
men in the land, and they did speak the word of God with power and
with authority; and they did use much sharpness because of the
stiffneckedness of the people--
Words Of Mormon 1:Verse 18
18 Wherefore, with the help of these, king Benjamin, by
laboring with all the might of his body and the faculty of his
whole soul, and also the prophets, did once more establish peace in
the land.