The Book of Mormon

Alma 5:50

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~83 BC

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yea, thus saith the spirit, Repent all ye ends of the earth, for the Kingdom of Heaven is soon at hand; yea, the Son of God cometh in his glory, in his might, majesty, power and dominion. Yea, my beloved brethren, I say unto you, that the spirit saith, Behold the glory of the King of all the earth; and also the King of Heaven shall very soon shine forth among all the children of men;

Influences

Matthew 3:2 (KJV)
And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
1 Corinthians 15:58 (KJV)
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Revelation 3:22 (KJV)
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Changes

yea, tThus saithys the sSpirit,: Repent, all yeou ends of the earth, for the Kkingdom of Hheaven is soon at hand; yea, the Son of God comeths in his glory, in his might, majesty, power, and dominion. Yea, mMy beloved brethren, I say unto you, that the sSpirit saith, Beholdys: tThe glory of the King of all the earth; and also the King of Hheaven shall very soon shine forth among all the children of men;.

Simple English

The Spirit says: 'Turn from your sins, all you people of the earth. The Kingdom of Heaven is coming soon. The Son of God is coming in his glory, in his power and greatness.' Brothers I love, I tell you that the Spirit says: 'Look at the glory of the King of all the earth. The King of Heaven will soon appear among all people.'

Paraphrase

This is what the Spirit says: 'Repent, all you ends of the earth, for the kingdom of heaven is coming soon. The Son of God is coming in his glory, in his might, majesty, power, and dominion.' My beloved brothers and sisters, the Spirit says: 'Look at the glory of the King of all the earth! The King of heaven will very soon shine among all the children of men.'

Notes

5:48-50

"When one begins to read the Book of Mormon, if he is well-acquainted with the Bible, he will at once be impressed with the large scale use of biblical materials in the book. Not only is there an unskilled mimicking of the style of the King James Version, but there is an artificial clarity added to that portion of the Book of Mormon that claims to date from the Old testament period. The contrived clarity is the result of writing back into that Old Testament period New Testament words, phrases and quotations, as well as the introduction of New Testament concepts and teachings into that time-frame... The frequency with which the Book of Mormon introduces this chronologically misplaced material into its text would required that God supernaturally provided this American colony with virtually the entire New testament text, as well as those portions of the Old Testament which postdated their departure for America... passages from the New Testament... are sprinkled generously into the speeches and sermons of Book of Mormon characters in the same manner as one might find them in the sermons of a Methodist or Baptist preacher of Joseph Smith's day....New testament concepts, interpretations and theology are all worked into the text itself." -Wesley P. Walters, The Use of the Old Testament in the Book of Mormon, (Master's thesis, Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis Missouri, 1981), p. 7, 10-13.