1Behold, now it came to pass that the people of Nephi were

2And it came to pass in the nineteenth year of the reign of the

3And Helaman said unto him: Yea, I believe.

4And Alma said again: Believest thou in Jesus Christ, who shall

5And he said: Yea, I believe all the words which thou hast spoken.

6And Alma said unto him again: Will ye keep my commandments?

7And he said: Yea, I will keep thy commandments with all my heart.

8Then Alma said unto him: Blessed art thou; and the Lord shall

9But behold, I have somewhat to prophesy unto thee; but what I

10And these are the words: Behold, I perceive that this very

11Yea, and then shall they see wars and pestilences, yea, famines

12Yea, and this because they shall dwindle in unbelief and fall

13And when that great day cometh, behold, the time very soon cometh

14But whosoever remaineth, and is not destroyed in that great and

15And now it came to pass that after Alma had said these things to

16And he said: Thus saith the Lord God—Cursed shall be the land,

17And now, when Alma had said these words he blessed the church,

18And when Alma had done this he departed out of the land of

19Behold, this we know, that he was a righteous man; and the saying

20And now it came to pass in the commencement of the nineteenth

21For behold, because of their wars with the Lamanites and the many

22Therefore, Helaman and his brethren went forth to establish the

23And now it came to pass that after Helaman and his brethren had

24But they grew proud, being lifted up in their hearts, because of