1And it came to pass that there arose a division among the people,

2And it came to pass that Nephi went his way towards his own house,

3And it came to pass as he was thus pondering—being much cast down

4Blessed art thou, Nephi, for those things which thou hast done;

5Behold, thou art Nephi, and I am God. Behold, I declare it unto

6Behold, I give unto you power, that whatsoever ye shall seal on

7And thus, if ye shall say unto this temple it shall be rent in

8And if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou cast down and

9And behold, if ye shall say that God shall smite this people, it

10And now behold, I command you, that ye shall go and declare unto

11And behold, now it came to pass that when the Lord had spoken

12Now behold, notwithstanding that great miracle which Nephi had

13Therefore Nephi did declare unto them the word of the Lord,

14And it came to pass that when Nephi had declared unto them the

15But behold, the power of God was with him, and they could not

16And it came to pass that thus he did go forth in the Spirit, from

17And it came to pass that they would not hearken unto his words;

18And thus ended the seventy and first year of the reign of the