The Book of Mormon

Helaman 9:36

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And then shall he say unto you, That I, Nephi, know nothing concerning the matter, save it were given unto me by the power of God. And then shall ye know that I am an honest man, and that I am sent unto you from God.

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And then shall he say unto you, Tthat I, Nephi, know nothing concerning the matter, save it were given unto me by the power of God. And then shall ye know that I am an honest man, and that I am sent unto you from God.

Simple English

“Then he will say to you that I, Nephi, know nothing about the matter except what was given to me by the power of God. Then you will know I am an honest man, and that I am sent to you from God.”

Paraphrase

“And then he’ll tell you that I, Nephi, knew nothing about the murder except what God revealed to me. Then you’ll know I’m an honest man and that God sent me to you.”