Unit 81

I

29 occurrences in 17 verses

3 Nephi 3:2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10,

3 Nephi 5:10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20

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 3:4

And I, knowing of their unconquerable spirit,

having proved them in the field of battle,

and knowing of their everlasting hatred towards you

because of the many wrongs which ye have done unto them,

therefore if they should come down against you

they would visit you with utter destruction.

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 3:6

Therefore I write unto you,

desiring that ye would yield up unto this my people,

your cities, your lands, and your possessions,

rather than that they should visit you with the sword

and that destruction should come upon you.

3 Nephi 3:8

And behold, I swear unto you,

if ye will do this, with an oath, ye shall not be destroyed;

but if ye will not do this, I swear unto you with an oath,

that on the morrow month I will command

that my armies shall come down against you,

and they shall not stay their hand and shall spare not,

but shall slay you, and shall let fall the sword upon you

even until ye shall become extinct.

3 Nephi 3:9

And behold, I am Giddianhi;

and I am the governor of this the secret society of Gadianton;

which society and the works thereof I know to be good;

and they are of ancient date

and they have been handed down unto us.

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 5:10

Therefore I have made my record of these things

according to the record of Nephi,

which was engraven on the plates which were called the plates of Nephi.

3 Nephi 5:11

And behold, I do make the record on plates

which I have made with mine own hands.

3 Nephi 5:12

And behold, I am called Mormon,

being called after the land of Mormon,

the land in which Alma did establish the church among the people,

yea, the first church which was established among them after their transgression.

3 Nephi 5:13

Behold, I am a disciple of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

I have been called of him to declare his word among his people,

that they might have everlasting life.

3 Nephi 5:14

And it hath become expedient

that I, according to the will of God,

that the prayers of those who have gone hence,

who were the holy ones,

should be fulfilled according to their faith,

should make a record of these things which have been done —

3 Nephi 5:16

Therefore I do make my record from the accounts

which have been given by those who were before me,

until the commencement of my day;

3 Nephi 5:17

And then I do make a record of the things

which I have seen with mine own eyes.

3 Nephi 5:18

And I know the record which I make to be a just and a true record;

nevertheless there are many things

which, according to our language, we are not able to write.

3 Nephi 5:19

And now I make an end of my saying, which is of myself,

and proceed to give my account of the things which have been before me.

3 Nephi 5:20

I am Mormon, and a pure descendant of Lehi.

I have reason to bless my God and my Savior Jesus Christ,

that he brought our fathers out of the land of Jerusalem,

(and no one knew it save it were himself

and those whom he brought out of that land)

and that he hath given me and my people

so much knowledge unto the salvation of our souls.