The Book of Mormon

Alma 48:15

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~72 BC

1830 Edition

and this was their faith, that by so doing, God would prosper them in the land; or in other words, if they were faithful in keeping the commandments of God, that he would prosper them in the land; yea, warn them to flee, or to prepare for war, according to their danger;

Influences

1 Corinthians 7:19 (KJV)
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.

Changes

aAnd this was their faith, that by so doing, God would prosper them in the land;, or in other words, if they were faithful in keeping the commandments of God, that he would prosper them in the land; yea, warn them to flee, or to prepare for war, according to their danger;

Simple English

They believed that if they did this, God would help them in the land. In other words, if they kept God’s commandments, he would help them. He would warn them to run away or get ready for war when they were in danger.

Paraphrase

They believed that if they did this, God would bless them in the land. In other words, if they faithfully kept God’s commandments, he would prosper them, warn them to flee when necessary, or help them prepare for war when danger came.