Alma 3:11
~87 BC
1830 Edition
And it came to pass that whosoever would not believe in the tradition of the Lamanites, but believed those records which were brought out of the land of Jerusalem, and also in the tradition of their fathers, which were correct, which believed in the commandments of God, and kept them, were called the Nephites, or the people of Nephi, from that time forth;
Influences
1 Corinthians 7:19 (KJV)
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
Changes
And it came to pass that whosoever would not believe in the tradition of the Lamanites, but believed those records which were brought out of the land of Jerusalem, and also in the tradition of their fathers, which were correct, whicho believed in the commandments of God, and kept them, were called the Nephites, or the people of Nephi, from that time forth;—
Simple English
Whoever would not believe the traditions of the Lamanites, but believed the records from Jerusalem and the true traditions of their fathers, and believed in God’s commands and kept them, were called the Nephites, or the people of Nephi, from that time on.
Paraphrase
On the other hand, those who rejected Lamanite teachings and trusted the records brought from Jerusalem—who believed in the true traditions of their ancestors and kept God’s commands—they were called Nephites, the people of Nephi.