The Book of Mormon

Alma 36:4

1830 Edition

and I would not that ye think that I know of myself, not of the temporal, but of the spiritual; not of the carnal mind, but of God.

Changes

aAnd I would not that ye think that I know of myself, not of the temporal, but of the spiritual;, not of the carnal mind, but of God.

Simple English

I don’t know these things from my own mind. I know them from God.

Paraphrase

Don’t think I know this from my own wisdom—not from anything earthly, but from the Spirit. Not from human understanding, but from God.