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The
a
works,
and
the
designs,
and
the
purposes
of
God
cannot
be
b
frustrated,
neither
can
they
come
to
naught.
2 For
God
doth
not
a
walk
in
crooked
paths,
neither
doth
he
b
turn
to
the
right
hand
nor
to
the
left,
neither
doth
he
vary
from
that
which
he
hath
said,
therefore
his
paths
are
straight,
and
his
c
course
is
one
eternal
round.
3 Remember,
remember
that
it
is
not
the
a
work
of
God
that
is
frustrated,
but
the
work
of
men;
4 For
although
a
man
may
have
many
a
revelations,
and
have
b
power
to
do
many
mighty
works,
yet
if
he
c
boasts
in
his
own
d
strength,
and
sets
at
naught
the
e
counsels
of
God,
and
follows
after
the
dictates
of
his
own
will
and
f
carnal
desires,
he
must
fall
and
incur
the
g
vengeance
of
a
h
just
God
upon
him.
5 Behold,
you
have
been
a
entrusted
with
these
things,
but
how
strict
were
your
commandments;
and
remember
also
the
promises
which
were
made
to
you,
if
you
did
not
transgress
them.
6 And
behold,
how
a
oft
you
have
b
transgressed
the
commandments
and
the
laws
of
God,
and
have
gone
on
in
the
c
persuasions
of
men.
7 For,
behold,
you
should
not
have
a
feared
man
more
than
God.
Although
men
set
at
naught
the
counsels
of
God,
and
b
despise
his
words—
8 Yet
you
should
have
been
faithful;
and
he
would
have
extended
his
arm
and
a
supported
you
against
all
the
fiery
b
darts
of
the
c
adversary;
and
he
would
have
been
with
you
in
every
time
of
d
trouble.
9 Behold,
thou
art
Joseph,
and
thou
wast
chosen
to
do
the
work
of
the
Lord,
but
because
of
transgression,
if
thou
art
not
aware
thou
wilt
a
fall.
10 But
remember,
God
is
merciful;
therefore,
repent
of
that
which
thou
hast
done
which
is
contrary
to
the
commandment
which
I
gave
you,
and
thou
art
still
chosen,
and
art
a
again
called
to
the
work;
11 Except
thou
a
do
this,
thou
shalt
be
delivered
up
and
become
as
other
men,
and
have
no
more
gift.
12 And
when
thou
deliveredst
up
that
which
God
had
given
thee
sight
and
power
to
a
translate,
thou
deliveredst
up
that
which
was
b
sacred
into
the
hands
of
a
wicked
c
man,
13 Who
has
set
at
naught
the
counsels
of
God,
and
has
broken
the
most
sacred
promises
which
were
made
before
God,
and
has
depended
upon
his
own
judgment
and
a
boasted
in
his
own
wisdom.
14 And
this
is
the
reason
that
thou
hast
lost
thy
privileges
for
a
season—
15 For
thou
hast
suffered
the
counsel
of
thy
a
director
to
be
trampled
upon
from
the
beginning.
16 Nevertheless,
my
a
work
shall
go
forth,
for
inasmuch
as
the
knowledge
of
a
Savior
has
come
unto
the
world,
through
the
b
testimony
of
the
Jews,
even
so
shall
the
c
knowledge
of
a
d
Savior
come
unto
my
people—
17 And
to
the
a
Nephites,
and
the
Jacobites,
and
the
Josephites,
and
the
Zoramites,
through
the
testimony
of
their
fathers—
18 And
this
a
testimony
shall
come
to
the
knowledge
of
the
b
Lamanites,
and
the
Lemuelites,
and
the
Ishmaelites,
who
c
dwindled
in
unbelief
because
of
the
d
iniquity
of
their
fathers,
whom
the
Lord
has
suffered
to
destroy
their
e
brethren
the
Nephites,
because
of
their
f
iniquities
and
their
abominations.
19 And
for
this
very
a
purpose
are
these
b
plates
c
preserved,
which
contain
these
records—that
the
d
promises
of
the
Lord
might
be
fulfilled,
which
he
made
to
his
e
people;
20 And
that
the
a
Lamanites
might
come
to
the
knowledge
of
their
fathers,
and
that
they
might
know
the
b
promises
of
the
Lord,
and
that
they
may
c
believe
the
gospel
and
d
rely
upon
the
merits
of
Jesus
Christ,
and
be
e
glorified
through
faith
in
his
name,
and
that
through
their
repentance
they
might
be
saved.
Amen.
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