The Book of Mormon

Jacob 7:2

1830 Edition

And it came to pass that he began to preach among the people, and to declare unto them that there should be no Christ. And he preached many things which were flattering unto the people; and this he done, that he might overthrow the doctrine of Christ.

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And it came to pass that he began to preach among the people, and to declare unto them that there should be no Christ. And he preached many things which were flattering unto the people; and this he done,id that he might overthrow the doctrine of Christ.

Simple English

He began to teach the people. He told them there would be no Christ. He taught many things that made the people feel good. He did this to destroy what people believed about Christ.

Paraphrase

He started preaching that there was no Christ. He said all kinds of things that people wanted to hear, trying to tear down everything we believed about Christ.