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Moroni 9

Chapter 9

Moroni 9:1

1 My beloved son, I write unto you again that ye may know that I

am yet alive; but I write somewhat of that which is grievous.

Moroni 9:2

2 For behold, I have had a sore battle with the Lamanites, in

which we did not conquer; and Archeantus has fallen by the sword,

and also Luram and Emron; yea, and we have lost a great number of

our choice men.

Moroni 9:3

3 And now behold, my son, I fear lest the Lamanites shall

destroy this people; for they do not repent, and Satan stirreth

them up continually to anger one with another.

Moroni 9:4

4 Behold, I am laboring with them continually; and when I speak

the word of God with sharpness they tremble and anger against me;

and when I use no sharpness they harden their hearts against it;

wherefore, I fear lest the Spirit of the Lord hath ceased

striving with them.

Moroni 9:5

5 For so exceedingly do they anger that it seemeth me that they

have no fear of death; and they have lost their love, one towards

another; and they thirst after blood and revenge continually.

Moroni 9:6

6 And now, my beloved son, notwithstanding their hardness, let

us labor diligently; for if we should cease to labor, we should

be brought under condemnation; for we have a labor to perform

whilst in this tabernacle of clay, that we may conquer the enemy

of all righteousness, and rest our souls in the kingdom of God.

Moroni 9:7

7 And now I write somewhat concerning the sufferings of this

people. For according to the knowledge which I have received

from Amoron, behold, the Lamanites have many prisoners, which

they took from the tower of Sherrizah; and there were men, women,

and children.

Moroni 9:8

8 And the husbands and fathers of those women and children they

have slain; and they feed the women upon the flesh of their

husbands, and the children upon the flesh of their fathers; and

no water, save a little, do they give unto them.

Moroni 9:9

9 And notwithstanding this great abomination of the Lamanites,

it doth not exceed that of our people in Moriantum. For behold,

many of the daughters of the Lamanites have they taken prisoners;

and after depriving them of that which was most dear and precious

above all things, which is chastity and virtue--

Moroni 9:10

10 And after they had done this thing, they did murder them in a

most cruel manner, torturing their bodies even unto death; and

after they have done this, they devour their flesh like unto wild

beasts, because of the hardness of their hearts; and they do it

for a token of bravery.

Moroni 9:11

11 O my beloved son, how can a people like this, that are

without civilization--

Moroni 9:12

12 (And only a few years have passed away, and they were a civil

and a delightsome people)

Moroni 9:13

13 But O my son, how can a people like this, whose delight is in

so much abomination--

Moroni 9:14

14 How can we expect that God will stay his hand in judgment

against us?

Moroni 9:15

15 Behold, my heart cries: Wo unto this people. Come out in

judgment, O God, and hide their sins, and wickedness, and

abominations from before thy face!

Moroni 9:16

16 And again, my son, there are many widows and their daughters

who remain in Sherrizah; and that part of the provisions which

the Lamanites did not carry away, behold, the army of Zenephi has

carried away, and left them to wander whithersoever they can for

food; and many old women do faint by the way and die.

Moroni 9:17

17 And the army which is with me is weak; and the armies of the

Lamanites are betwixt Sherrizah and me; and as many as have fled

to the army of Aaron have fallen victims to their awful

brutality.

Moroni(continued)

Moroni 10 Commentary

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Moroni 10 Transcript:

Chapter 10

Moroni 10:1

1 Now I, Moroni, write somewhat as seemeth me good; and I write

unto my brethren, the Lamanites; and I would that they should

know that more than four hundred and twenty years have passed

away since the sign was given of the coming of Christ.

Moroni 10:2

2 And I seal up these records, after I have spoken a few words

by way of exhortation unto you.

Moroni 10:3

3 Behold, I would exhort you that when ye shall read these

things, if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye

would remember how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children

of men, from the creation of Adam even down unto the time that ye

shall receive these things, and ponder it in your hearts.

Moroni 10:4

4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you

that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ,

if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere

heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest

the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.

Moroni 10:5

5 And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of

all things.

Moroni 10:6

6 And whatsoever thing is good is just and true; wherefore,

nothing that is good denieth the Christ, but acknowledgeth that

he is.

Moroni 10:7

7 And ye may know that he is, by the power of the Holy Ghost;

wherefore I would exhort you that ye deny not the power of God;

for he worketh by power, according to the faith of the children

of men, the same today and tomorrow, and forever.

Moroni 10:8

8 And again, I exhort you, my brethren, that ye deny not the

gifts of God, for they are many; and they come from the same God.

And there are different ways that these gifts are administered;

but it is the same God who worketh all in all; and they are given

by the manifestations of the Spirit of God unto men, to profit

them.

Moroni 10:9

9 For behold, to one is given by the Spirit of God, that he may

teach the word of wisdom;

Moroni 10:10

10 And to another, that he may teach the word of knowledge by

the same Spirit;

Moroni 10:11

11 And to another, exceedingly great faith; and to another, the

gifts of healing by the same Spirit;

Moroni 10:12

12 And again, to another, that he may work mighty miracles;

Moroni 10:13

13 And again, to another, that he may prophesy concerning all

things;

Moroni 10:14

14 And again, to another, the beholding of angels and

ministering spirits;

Moroni 10:15

15 And again, to another, all kinds of tongues;

Moroni 10:16

16 And again, to another, the interpretation of languages and of

divers kinds of tongues.

Moroni 10:17

17 And all these gifts come by the Spirit of Christ; and they

come unto every man severally, according as he will.

Moroni 10:18

18 And I would exhort you, my beloved brethren, that ye remember

that every good gift cometh of Christ.

Moroni 10:19

19 And I would exhort you, my beloved brethren, that ye remember

that he is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and that all

these gifts of which I have spoken, which are spiritual, never

will be done away, even as long as the world shall stand, only

according to the unbelief of the children of men.

Moroni 10:20

20 Wherefore, there must be faith; and if there must be faith

there must also be hope; and if there must be hope there must

also be charity.

Moroni 10:21

21 And except ye have charity ye can in nowise be saved in the

kingdom of God; neither can ye be saved in the kingdom of God if

ye have not faith; neither can ye if ye (continued)

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