The Book of Mormon

Alma 8:15

1830 Edition

Blessed art thou, Alma; therefore lift up thy head and rejoice, for thou hast great cause to rejoice: for thou hast been faithful in keeping the commandments of God from the time which thou received thy first message from him. Behold, I am he that delivered it unto you;

Changes

Blessed art thou, Alma; therefore, lift up thy head and rejoice, for thou hast great cause to rejoice:; for thou hast been faithful in keeping the commandments of God from the time which thou receivedst thy first message from him. Behold, I am he that delivered it unto you;.

Simple English

“God blesses you, Alma. Lift up your head and be happy. You have a good reason to be happy. You have been faithful in keeping God’s commandments. You have done this since you got your first message from him. I am the one who brought you that message.”

Paraphrase

“You are blessed, Alma. Lift up your head and celebrate, because you have every reason to rejoice. You’ve been faithful in keeping God’s commandments since the first message I delivered to you.”