Unit 81

epistle

6 occurrences in 6 verses

3 Nephi 3:1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 12

3 Nephi 3:1

And now it came to pass that

in the sixteenth year from the coming of Christ,

Lachoneus, the governor of the land, received an epistle

from the leader and the governor of this band of robbers;

and these were the words which were written, saying:

3 Nephi 3:2

Lachoneus, most noble and chief governor of the land,

behold, I write this epistle unto you,

and do give unto you exceedingly great praise

because of your firmness, and also the firmness of your people,

in maintaining that which ye suppose to be your right and liberty;

yea, ye do stand well, as if ye were supported by the hand of a god,

in the defence of your liberty, and your property, and your country,

or that which ye do call so.

3 Nephi 3:5

Therefore I have written this epistle,

sealing it with mine own hand,

feeling for your welfare,

because of your firmness in that which ye believe to be right,

and your noble spirit in the field of battle.

3 Nephi 3:10

And I write this epistle unto you, Lachoneus,

and I hope that ye will deliver up your lands and your possessions,

without the shedding of blood,

that this my people may recover their rights and government,

who have dissented away from you because of your wickedness

in retaining from them their rights of government,

and except ye do this, I will avenge their wrongs.

I am Giddianhi.

3 Nephi 3:11

And now it came to pass when Lachoneus received this epistle

he was exceedingly astonished, because of the boldness of Giddianhi

demanding the possession of the land of the Nephites,

and also of threatening the people

and avenging the wrongs of those that had received no wrong,

save it were they had wronged themselves

by dissenting away unto those wicked and abominable robbers.

3 Nephi 3:12

Now behold, this Lachoneus, the governor, was a just man,

and could not be frightened by the demands and the threatenings of a robber;

therefore he did not hearken to the epistle of Giddianhi, the governor of the robbers,

but he did cause that his people should cry unto the Lord

for strength against the time that the robbers should come down against them.