The words of his preaching unto his people. He confounds a man who seeks to overthrow the doctrine of Mashiach. A few words concerning the history of the people of Nefi.

For behold, it came to pass that fifty and five years had passed away from the time that Lechi left Yerushalayim. Wherefore,...

The words which Ya’akov, the brother of Nefi, spoke unto the people of Nefi, after the death of Nefi: Now, my beloved brothers, I, Ya’akov, according to the responsibility which I am under to Elohim to magnify my office with soberness, and that I might rid my garments of your sins, I come up...

Now behold, it came to pass that I, Ya’akov, having ministered much unto my people in word, and I cannot write but a few of my words because of the difficulty of engraving our words upon plates; and we know that the things which we write upon plates must endure, but whatsoever things we write...

And now behold, my brothers, as I said unto you that I would prophesy, behold, this is my prophecy, that the things which this prophet Zenos spoke concerning the house of Isra’el, in the which he compared them unto a tame olive tree, must surely come to pass. And in the day that he shall set...

And now it came to pass, after some years had passed away, and there came a man among the people of Nefi whose name was Sherem. And it came to pass that he began to preach among the people and to declare unto them that there should be no Mashiach. And he preached many things which were...