The Book of Mormon

1 Nephi 3:20

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and also that we may preserve unto them the words which have been spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets, which have been delivered unto them by the spirit and power of God, since the world began, even down unto this present time.

Influences

Acts 3:21 (KJV)
Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
Acts 3:21 (KJV)
Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

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aAnd also that we may preserve unto them the words which have been spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets, which have been delivered unto them by the sSpirit and power of God, since the world began, even down unto this present time.

Simple English

We can also keep for them the words that all the holy prophets have spoken. God’s Spirit and power gave these words to them from the beginning of the world until now.

Paraphrase

'They’ll also preserve all the words the holy prophets have spoken by God’s Spirit and power since the world began.'