Unit 2

for the

8 occurrences in 7 verses

1 Nephi 6:4,

1 Nephi 7:8, 12,

1 Nephi 8:8,

1 Nephi 9:2, 3, 4

1 Nephi 6:4

for the fulness of mine intent is that I may persuade men to come

unto the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, and be saved.

1 Nephi 7:8

And now I, Nephi, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts,

therefore I spake unto them, saying,

yea, even unto Laman and unto Lemuel:

Behold ye are mine elder brethren,

and how is it that ye are so hard in your hearts, and so blind in your minds,

that ye have need that I, your younger brother, should speak unto you,

yea, and set an example for you?

1 Nephi 7:12

Yea, and how is it that ye have forgotten

that the Lord is able to do all things

according to his will, for the children of men,

if it so be that they exercise faith in him?

Wherefore, let us be faithful to him.

1 Nephi 8:8

And after I had traveled for the space of many hours in darkness,

I began to pray unto the Lord that he would have mercy on me,

according to the multitude of his tender mercies.

1 Nephi 9:2

And now, as I have spoken concerning these plates,

behold they are not the plates

upon which I make a full account of the history of my people;

for the plates upon which I make a full account of my people

I have given the name of Nephi;

wherefore, they are called the plates of Nephi, after mine own name;

and these plates also are called the plates of Nephi.

1 Nephi 9:3

Nevertheless, I have received a commandment of the Lord

that I should make these plates, for the special purpose

that there should be an account engraven of the ministry of my people.

1 Nephi 9:4

Upon the other plates should be engraven

an account of the reign of the kings, and the wars and contentions of my people;

wherefore these plates are for the more part of the ministry;

and the other plates are for the more part of the reign of the kings

and the wars and contentions of my people.