3 Nephi 5

1And now behold, there was not a living soul among all the people of

2And they knew that it must be expedient that Christ had come,

3Therefore they did forsake all their sins, and their abominations,

4And now it came to pass that when they had taken all the robbers

5But as many as there were who did not enter into a covenant, and

6And thus they did put an end to all those wicked, and secret, and

7And thus had the twenty and second year passed away, and the twenty

8And there had many things transpired which, in the eyes of some,

9But behold there are records which do contain all the proceedings

10Therefore I have made my record of these things according to the

11And behold, I do make the record on plates which I have made with

12And behold, I am called Mormon, being called after the land of

13Behold, I am a disciple of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I have

14And it hath become expedient that I, according to the will of God,

15Yea, a small record of that which hath taken place from the time

16Therefore I do make my record from the accounts which have been

17And then I do make a record of the things which I have seen with

18And I know the record which I make to be a just and a true record;

19And now I make an end of my saying, which is of myself, and

20I am Mormon, and a pure descendant of Lehi. I have reason to bless

21Surely he hath blessed the house of Jacob, and hath been merciful

22And insomuch as the children of Lehi have kept his commandments he

23Yea, and surely shall he again bring a remnant of the seed of

24And as surely as the Lord liveth, will he gather in from the four

25And as he hath covenanted with all the house of Jacob, even so

26And then shall they know their Redeemer, who is Jesus Christ, the