Mosiah 2:21
~124 BC
1830 Edition
I say unto you, that if ye should serve him who hath created you from the beginning, and art preserving you from day to day, by lending you breath, that ye may live and move, and do according to your own will, and even supporting you from one moment to another; I say, if ye should serve him with all your whole soul, and yet ye would be unprofitable servants.
Influences
Acts 17:28 (KJV)
For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Luke 17:10 (KJV)
So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
Changes
I say unto you, that if ye should serve him who haths created you from the beginning, and artis preserving you from day to day, by lending you breath, that ye may live and move, and do according to your own will, and even supporting you from one moment to another; —I say, if ye should serve him with all your whole soul, ands yet ye would be unprofitable servants.
Simple English
'I tell you that even if you served him who created you from the beginning with your whole soul - him who keeps you alive from day to day by giving you breath so you can live and move and do what you want, and who supports you every moment - even if you served him with all your heart, you would still not be good enough servants.'
Paraphrase
'Even if you served him with everything you have—the one who made you, who preserves you every day, who lends you breath so you can live and move and act according to your own will, who supports you from one moment to the next—even then, you’d still be unprofitable servants.'