The Book of Mormon

Alma 43:10

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for they knew that if they should fall into the hands of the Lamanites, that whosoever should worship God, in spirit and in truth, the true and the living God, the Lamanites would destroy;

Influences

John 4:24 (KJV)
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Changes

fFor they knew that if they should fall into the hands of the Lamanites, that whosoever should worship God, in spirit and in truth, the true and the living God, the Lamanites would destroy;.

Simple English

They knew that if the Lamanites won, the Lamanites would kill anyone who worshiped the true and living God.

Paraphrase

They knew that if they fell into Lamanite hands, anyone who worshiped the true and living God would be killed.