Mosiah 26:4
~120–100 BC
1830 Edition
And they would not be baptized; neither would they join the church. And they were a separate people as to their faith, and remained so ever after, even in their carnal and sinful state: for they would not call upon the Lord their God.—
Influences
Acts 10:47 (KJV)
Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
Changes
And they would not be baptized; neither would they join the church. And they were a separate people as to their faith, and remained so ever after, even in their carnal and sinful state:; for they would not call upon the Lord their God.—
Simple English
They would not be baptized. They would not join the church. They were separate from others in what they believed. They stayed that way. They lived sinful lives. They would not pray to God.
Paraphrase
They refused to be baptized. They wouldn’t join the church. They stayed separate in their faith—or lack of it—and stayed that way, living selfish, sinful lives. They wouldn’t call on the Lord their God.