The Book of Mormon

1 Nephi 15:33

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~600–592 BC

1830 Edition

wherefore, if they should die in their wickedness, they must be cast off; also as to the things which are spiritual, which are pertaining to righteousness; wherefore, they must be brought to stand before God, to be judged of their works; and if their works have been filthiness, they must needs be filthy; and if they be filthy, it must needs be that they cannot dwell in the kingdom of God; if so, The kingdom of God must be filthy also.

Influences

Revelation 20:12 (KJV)
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Matthew 18:3 (KJV)
And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Changes

wWherefore, if they should die in their wickedness, they must be cast off; also, as to the things which are spiritual, which are pertaining to righteousness; wherefore, they must be brought to stand before God, to be judged of their works; and if their works have been filthiness, they must needs be filthy; and if they be filthy, it must needs be that they cannot dwell in the kingdom of God; if so, Tthe kingdom of God must be filthy also.

Simple English

So if they die in their wickedness, they must be thrown out. This also applies to spiritual things that have to do with righteousness. So they must stand before God to be judged for their actions. If their actions have been filthy, they must be filthy. If they are filthy, they cannot live in God’s kingdom. If they could, then God’s kingdom would be filthy too.'

Paraphrase

'If people die in their wickedness, they’ll be cut off from spiritual things. They’ll stand before God to be judged. If their actions were filthy, they themselves must be filthy. And if they’re filthy, they can’t live in God’s kingdom—otherwise God’s kingdom would be filthy too.'

Notes

15:33

The phrase, "it must needs be" can be found in 1 Nephi 15:33; Alma 32:28; 3 Nephi 5:1; D&C 48:3

Other common phrases include "dwindled in unbelief" (2 Nephi 26:15; Helaman 15:11, Ether 4:3, D&C 3:18), "expedient that" (2 Nephi 9:15; Alma 34:9; Mosiah 13:27; D&C 9:3), "save it were" (Helaman 3:23; 4 Nephi 1:5; D&C 18:35), "sufficeth me" (2 Nephi 11:1; Jarom 1:2; Ether 3:17), "would that ye should" (Alma 38:5; Mosiah 1:3; Omni 1:2; D7C 46:7).

"After noticing that the same phrases of two or more words appear time after time throughout Joseph Smith's scriptures, we did a computer search to identify these groups of words and feel that they provide evidence that the Book of Mormon, the Inspired Version of the Bible, the Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price were all the product of one mind.... When we find a number of different Book of Mormon writers-e.g., Nephi, Jacob, Enos, Moroni and Mormon-all using many of the same unusual word combinations, we begin to suspect that all these books were actually written by one person."-Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Joseph Smith's Plagiarism of the Bible in the Book of Mormon, p. 39.