Unit 3
church which is
5 occurrences in 5 verses
1 Nephi 13:5, 26, 34,
1 Nephi 14:9, 10
1 Nephi 13:5
And the angel said unto me:
Behold the formation of a church
which is most abominable above all other churches,
which slayeth the saints of God,
yea, and tortureth them and bindeth them down,
and yoketh them with a yoke of iron,
and bringeth them down into captivity.
1 Nephi 13:26
And after they go forth by the hand of the twelve apostles of the Lamb,
from the Jews unto the Gentiles,
thou seest the formation of that great and abominable church,
which is most abominable above all other churches;
for behold, they have taken away from the gospel of the Lamb
many parts which are plain and most precious;
and also many covenants of the Lord have they taken away.
1 Nephi 13:34
And it came to pass that the angel of the Lord spake unto me, saying:
Behold, saith the Lamb of God,
after I have visited the remnant of the house of Israel
— and this remnant of whom I speak is the seed of thy father —
wherefore, after I have visited them in judgment,
and smitten them by the hand of the Gentiles,
and after the Gentiles do stumble exceedingly,
because of the most plain and precious parts of the gospel of the Lamb
which have been kept back by that abominable church,
which is the mother of harlots, saith the Lamb —
I will be merciful unto the Gentiles in that day,
insomuch that I will bring forth unto them, in mine own power,
much of my gospel, which shall be plain and precious, saith the Lamb.
1 Nephi 14:9
And it came to pass that he said unto me:
Look, and behold that great and abominable church,
which is the mother of abominations, whose founder is the devil.
1 Nephi 14:10
And he said unto me:
Behold there are save two churches only;
the one is the church of the Lamb of God,
and the other is the church of the devil;
wherefore, whoso belongeth not to the church of the Lamb of God
belongeth to that great church, which is the mother of abominations;
and she is the whore of all the earth.
