The Book of Mormon

1 Nephi 14:30

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~600–592 BC

1830 Edition

And now I make an end of speaking concerning the things which I saw, while I was carried away in the spirit; and if all the things which I saw are not written, the things which I have written, are true. And thus it is. Amen.

Influences

Revelation 17:3 (KJV)
So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

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And now I make an end of speaking concerning the things which I saw, while I was carried away in the sSpirit; and if all the things which I saw are not written, the things which I have written, are true. And thus it is. Amen.

Simple English

Now I am finished talking about the things I saw while I was carried away in the Spirit. Even if I have not written all the things I saw, the things I have written are true. This is how it is. Amen.

Paraphrase

Now I’ll stop describing what I saw while the Spirit carried me away. Even though I haven’t written everything I saw, what I have written is true. That’s how it is. Amen.