| 6:1 And now
I, Nephi, do not give the genealogy of my fathers in this
part of my record; neither at any time shall I give it
after upon these plates which I am writing; for it is
given in the record which has been kept by my father;
wherefore, I do not write it in this work. |
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| 6:2 For it
sufficeth me to say that we are descendants of Joseph. |
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| 6:3 And it
mattereth not to me that I am particular to give a full
account of all the things of my father, for they cannot
be written upon these plates, for I desire the room that
I may write of the things of God. |
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| 6:4 For the
fulness of mine intent is that I may persuade men to come
unto the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the
God of Jacob, and be saved. |
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| 6:5
Wherefore, the things which are pleasing unto the world I
do not write, but the things which are pleasing unto God
and unto those who are 1not
of the world. |
[1] John 17:14: ...they
are not of the world... |
| 6:6
Wherefore, I shall give commandment unto my seed, that
they shall not occupy these plates with things which are
not of worth unto the children of men. |
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