The Book of Mormon

Helaman 8:25

1830 Edition

But behold, ye have rejected the truth, and rebelled against your holy God; and even at this time, instead of laying up for yourselves treusures in Heaven, where nothing doth corrupt, and where nothing can come which is unclean, ye are heaping up for yourselves wrath against the day of judgement;

Influences

Matthew 6:20 (KJV)
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

Changes

But behold, ye have rejected the truth, and rebelled against your holy God; and even at this time, instead of laying up for yourselves treuasures in Hheaven, where nothing doth corrupt, and where nothing can come which is unclean, ye are heaping up for yourselves wrath against the day of judgement;.

Simple English

“But you have rejected the truth. You have turned away from your holy God. Right now, you should be storing up treasures in heaven. Nothing gets old there. Nothing bad can enter there. Instead, you are building up God’s anger against you for judgment day.”

Paraphrase

“But you’ve rejected the truth and rebelled against your holy God. Right now, instead of storing up treasures in heaven—where nothing decays and nothing unclean can enter—you’re piling up wrath for yourselves on judgment day.”