The Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 25:26

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~559–545 BC

1830 Edition

and we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins.

Influences

Philippians 3:3 (KJV)
For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
Luke 1:77 (KJV)
To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,

Changes

aAnd we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins.

Simple English

We talk about Christ. We are happy about Christ. We preach about Christ. We tell people what will happen with Christ. We write about our prophecies. We want our children to know where they can look to have their sins forgiven.

Paraphrase

We talk about Christ, we celebrate in Christ, we preach Christ, we prophesy about Christ. We write down our prophecies so our children will know where to look for forgiveness of their sins.