Alma 31:10

~74 BC

1830 Edition

neither would they observe the performances of the church, to continue in prayer and supplication to God daily, that they might not enter into temptation;

Influences

Colossians 4:2 (KJV)
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
Mark 14:28 (KJV)
Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.

Changes

nNeither would they observe the performances of the church, to continue in prayer and supplication to God daily, that they might not enter into temptation;.

Simple English

They would not do the practices of the church. They did not pray to God every day. They did not ask God to keep them away from temptation.

Paraphrase

They had abandoned the practice of daily prayer and worship, no longer asking God to keep them from temptation.