Genesis 12:1 12:1 Acts 7:2 7:2 Matthew 7:24 7:24 1 Peter 1:22 1:22 John 12:27 12:27 Matthew 26:39 26:39 Matthew 26:42 26:42 Mark 14:36 14:36 Hebrews 11:8 Doctrine and… 10:1 Luke 22:42 1 Nephi 6:1 1 Nephi 12:1 1 Nephi 13:1 1 Nephi 9:5
1 Nephi 9:5
Wherefore, the Lord hath commanded me to make these plates for a wise purpose in him, which purpose I know not.
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This chapter in the commentary 1 Nephi 3 — I Will Go and Do — Casting Lots, Failed Strategies, and the Sacred Archive 1 Nephi 6 — The Editorial Manifesto and the Curated Word 1 Nephi 12 — The Vision of the Seed, the Three-Day Darkness, and the Lamb Who Comes Down 1 Nephi 13 — The Two Churches, the Plain and Precious, and the Gentile Vessel 1 Nephi 14 — The Two Churches Only, Saints Armed with Righteousness, and the Apostle John's Embargo 1 Nephi 19 — Zenock, Neum, Zenos, and the Hermeneutic of 'Liken' Jacob 1 — The Plates Pass to Jacob — Magnifying the Office, the Anxiety for Souls, and the Naming of Kings Omni 1 — Omni — Five Voices on a Closing Plate, Mosiah's Flight to Zarahemla, the Mulekites Found, and the Stone of Coriantumr Words of Mormon 1 — Words of Mormon — The Editor's Seam, the Wise Purpose, and the Providence That Reaches Across Centuries Doctrine and Covenants 3 — The Works of God Cannot Be Frustrated Doctrine and Covenants 10 — My Wisdom Is Greater Than the Cunning of the Devil 2 Kings 20 — The Fifteen Borrowed Years — Tears the Lord Saw, the Shadow That Climbed Backward, and the Treasures Shown to Babylon Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge via openbible.info (CC BY) and from this project’s own chapter essays. Read 1 Nephi 9:5 in context .
