Mosiah 27:13
1830 Edition
Nevertheless he cried again, saying, Alma, arise, and stand forth, for why persecuteth thou the church of God? For the Lord hath said, This is my church, and I will establish it; and nothing shall overthrow it, save it is the transgression of my people.
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Simple English
But he called out again: 'Alma, get up and stand here! Why are you hurting God’s church? The Lord said: ‘This is my church. I will make it strong. Nothing will destroy it except when my people do wrong.’'
Paraphrase
But he called out again: 'Alma, stand up! Why are you persecuting the church of God? The Lord has said, 'This is my church, and I will establish it. Nothing will destroy it except the sins of my own people.''
Notes
In Joseph Smith's Plagiarism of the Bible in the Book of Mormon, Jerald and Sandra Tanner list at least 17 significant parallels between the Apostle Paul in the Bible and Alma in the Book of Mormon.
Both Alma and Paul were very wicked men before their conversation (Compare Mosiah 27:8 with 1 Timothy 1:12-13).
Both Alma and Paul were out on one of their missions of persecution on the day of their conversion (Compare Mosiah 27:10-11 with Acts 26:11-13).
In both cases of Alma and Paul's conversion, the people present fell to the earth. (Compare Mosiah 27:12 with Acts 26:14).
In the vision which followed, both Alma and Paul were asked why they fought against the work of the Lord (Compare Mosiah 27:13 with Acts 9:43).
Both Alma and Paul became helpless after the vision and had to be helped by their friends (Compare Mosiah 27:19 with Acts 9:8).
Both Alma and Paul went without food for a period of time (Compare Mosiah 27:23 with Acts 9:9).
Both Alma and Paul were converted to the Lord (Compare Mosiah 27:23-24 with Acts 9:18).
After their conversation, both Alma and Paul traveled about preaching the Word of God (Compare Mosiah 27:32 with Acts 9:20).
Other parallels between Paul and Alma can be found at: Alma 36:6, Alma 36:14, Alma 30:32, Alma 15:11, Alma 14:22, Alma 14:26, Alma 14:27, Alma 14:28