The Book of Mormon

Alma 31:22

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Now from this stand, they did offer up, every man, the selfsame prayer unto God, thanking their God that they were chosen of him, and that he did not lead them away after the tradition of their brethren; and that their hearts were not stolen away to believe in things to come, which they knew nothing about.

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Now, from this stand, they did offer up, every man, the selfsame prayer unto God, thanking their God that they were chosen of him, and that he did not lead them away after the tradition of their brethren;, and that their hearts were not stolen away to believe in things to come, which they knew nothing about.

Simple English

From this stand, every man said the same prayer to God. They thanked their God that they were chosen by him. They thanked him that he did not lead them away after the tradition of their brothers. Their hearts were not tricked into believing in things to come. They knew nothing about those things.

Paraphrase

From this stand, every person offered up the identical prayer, thanking their God for choosing them and for not leading them to believe in foolish traditions about the future—things they claimed to know nothing about.