The Book of Mormon

Alma 58:12

1830 Edition

and we did take courage with our small force which we had received, and were fixed with a determination to conquer our enemies, and to maintain our lands, and our possessions, and our wives, and our children, and the cause of our liberty.

Changes

aAnd we did take courage with our small force which we had received, and were fixed with a determination to conquer our enemies, and to maintain our lands, and our possessions, and our wives, and our children, and the cause of our liberty.

Simple English

We took courage with the small army we had. We decided to beat our enemies. We wanted to keep our lands and homes. We wanted to keep our wives and children safe. We wanted to stay free.

Paraphrase

We took courage with our small force and set our minds on victory. We were determined to defeat our enemies and defend our lands, our possessions, our wives, our children, and our freedom.