10:1 Now I, Moroni, write somewhat as seemeth me good; and I write unto
my brethren, the Lamanites; and I would that they should know that more
than four hundred and twenty years have passed away since the sign was
given of the coming of Christ.
10:2 And I seal up these records, after I have spoken a few words by
way of exhortation unto you.
10:3 Behold, I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things,
if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would remember
how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the
creation of Adam even down unto the time that ye shall receive these
things, and ponder it in your hearts.
10:4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye
would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these
things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with
real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it
unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.
10:5 And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all
things.
10:6 And whatsoever thing is good is just and true; wherefore, nothing
that is good denieth the Christ, but acknowledgeth that he is.
10:7 And ye may know that he is, by the power of the Holy Ghost;
wherefore I would exhort you that ye deny not the power of God; for he
worketh by power, according to the faith of the children of men, the
same today and tomorrow, and forever.
10:8 And again, I exhort you, my brethren, that ye deny not the gifts
of God, for they are many; and they come from the same God. And there
are different ways that these gifts are administered; but it is the
same God who worketh all in all; and they are given by the
manifestations of the Spirit of God unto men, to profit them.
10:9 For behold, to one is given by the Spirit of God, that he may
teach the word of wisdom;
10:10 And to another, that he may teach the word of knowledge by the
same Spirit;
10:11 And to another, exceedingly great faith; and to another, the
gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
10:12 And again, to another, that he may work mighty miracles;
10:13 And again, to another, that he may prophesy concerning all
things;
10:14 And again, to another, the beholding of angels and ministering
spirits;
10:15 And again, to another, all kinds of tongues;
10:16 And again, to another, the interpretation of languages and of
divers kinds of tongues.
10:17 And all these gifts come by the Spirit of Christ; and they come
unto every man severally, according as he will.
10:18 And I would exhort you, my beloved brethren, that ye remember
that every good gift cometh of Christ.
10:19 And I would exhort you, my beloved brethren, that ye remember
that he is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and that all these
gifts of which I have spoken, which are spiritual, never will be done
away, even as long as the world shall stand, only according to the
unbelief of the children of men.
10:20 Wherefore, there must be faith; and if there must be faith there
must also be hope; and if there must be hope there must also be
charity.
10:21 And except ye have charity ye can in nowise be saved in the
kingdom of God; neither can ye be saved in the kingdom of God if ye
have not faith; neither can ye if ye have no hope.
10:22 And if ye have no hope ye must needs be in despair; and despair
cometh because of iniquity.
10:23 And Christ truly said unto our fathers: If ye have faith ye can
do all things which are expedient unto me.
10:24 And now I speak unto all the ends of the earth—that if the day
cometh that the power and gifts of God shall be done away among you, it
shall be because of unbelief.
10:25 And wo be unto the children of men if this be the case; for there
shall be none that doeth good among you, no not one. For if there be
one among you that doeth good, he shall work by the power and gifts of
God.
10:26 And wo unto them who shall do these things away and die, for they
die in their sins, and they cannot be saved in the kingdom of God; and
I speak it according to the words of Christ; and I lie not.
10:27 And I exhort you to remember these things; for the time speedily
cometh that ye shall know that I lie not, for ye shall see me at the
bar of God; and the Lord God will say unto you: Did I not declare my
words unto you, which were written by this man, like as one crying from
the dead, yea, even as one speaking out of the dust?
10:28 I declare these things unto the fulfilling of the prophecies. And
behold, they shall proceed forth out of the mouth of the everlasting
God; and his word shall hiss forth from generation to generation.
10:29 And God shall show unto you, that that which I have written is
true.
10:30 And again I would exhort you that ye would come unto Christ, and
lay hold upon every good gift, and touch not the evil gift, nor the
unclean thing.
10:31 And awake, and arise from the dust, O Jerusalem; yea, and put on
thy beautiful garments, O daughter of Zion; and strengthen thy stakes
and enlarge thy borders forever, that thou mayest no more be
confounded, that the covenants of the Eternal Father which he hath made
unto thee, O house of Israel, may be fulfilled.
10:32 Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny
yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all
ungodliness and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then
is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in
Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in
nowise deny the power of God.
10:33 And again, if ye by the grace of God are perfect in Christ, and
deny not his power, then are ye sanctified in Christ by the grace of
God, through the shedding of the blood of Christ, which is in the
covenant of the Father unto the remission of your sins, that ye become
holy, without spot.
10:34 And now I bid unto all, farewell. I soon go to rest in the
paradise of God, until my spirit and body shall again reunite, and I am
brought forth triumphant through the air, to meet you before the
pleasing bar of the great Jehovah, the Eternal Judge of both quick and
dead. Amen.