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King Benjamin's Speech — Section VI
Righteous Behavior of the Redeemed
Mosiah 4:13-30
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A ) Distribution of Property — (4:13)
13 And ye will not have a mind to injure one another,
but to live peaceably
and to render to every man
according to that which is his due
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B ) Teach your children the laws of God — (4:14-15)
14 a And ye will not suffer your children
b that they go hungry, or naked
a neither will ye suffer that they
b transgress the laws of God
b and fight and quarrel one with another
and serve the devil
who is the master of sin or
who is the evil spirit
which hath been spoken of by our fathers
he being an enemy to all righteousness
15 a But ye will teach them
b to walk in the ways of truth and soberness
a ye will teach them
b to love one another and
b to serve one another
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C ) Ministering to the poor — (4:16)
16 And also, ye yourselves will succor
those that stand in need of your succor
ye will administer of your substance
unto him that standeth in need
and ye will not suffer that the beggar putteth up his petition
to you in vain, and turn him out to perish.
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D ) The rich man's excuse — (4:17)
17 Perhaps thou shalt say:
The man has brought upon himself his misery
therefore I will stay my hand
and will not give unto him of my food
nor impart unto him of my substance
that he may not suffer
for his punishments are just
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E ) Curse for not repenting — (4:18)
18 But I say unto you
a O man, whosoever doeth this
b the same hath great cause to repent
b and except he repenteth
a of that which he hath done
he perisheth forever
and hath no interest in the kingdom of God
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F ) Imperative to impart substance to one another — (4:19-22)
19 For behold, are we not all beggars?
Do we not all depend upon the same Being, even God
for all the substance which we have
for both food and raiment and
for gold, and for silver and
for all the riches which we have of every kind?
20 And behold, even at this time
ye have been calling on his name
and begging for a remission of your sins
And has he suffered that ye have begged in vain?
Nay; he has poured out his Spirit upon you
and has caused that your hearts should be filled with joy
and has caused that your mouths should be stopped
that ye could not find utterance, so exceedingly great was your joy.
21 a And now, if God, who has created you,
on whom you are dependent for your lives
and for all that ye have and are
b doth grant unto you
c whatsoever ye ask that is right
d in faith
d believing
c that ye shall receive
b O then, how ye ought to impart
a of the substance that ye have one to another
22 And if ye judge the man who putteth up his petition to you
for your substance that he perish not
and condemn him
how much more just will be your condemnation
for withholding your substance
a which doth not belong
b to you
c but to God
c to whom also
b your life
a belongeth
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E' ) Curse for not repenting — (4:23)
and yet ye put up no petition
nor repent of the thing which thou hast done
23 I say unto you, wo be unto that man
for his substance shall perish with him
and now, I say these things unto those who are rich
as pertaining to the things of this world
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D' ) The poor man's excuse — (4:24-25)
24 a And again, I say unto the poor, ye who have not
and yet have sufficient, that ye remain from day to day
I mean all you who deny the beggar, because ye have not
b I would that ye say in your hearts
c that: I give not
d because I have not
d but if I had
c I would give
25 b And now, if ye say this in your hearts
a ye remain guiltless, otherwise ye are condemned
and your condemnation is just
for ye covet that which ye have not received
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C' ) Ministering to the poor — (4:26)
26 And now, for the sake of these things which I have spoken unto you
that is, for the sake of retaining
a remission of your sins from day to day
that ye may walk guiltless before God
I would that ye should impart of your substance to the poor
every man according to that which he hath
such as feeding the hungry
clothing the naked
visiting the sick and
administering to their relief
both spiritually and temporally
according to their wants
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B' ) Adult approach to following the laws of God — (4:27)
27 And see that all these things are done in wisdom and order
– for it is not requisite
that a man should run faster
than he has strength.
+ And again, it is expedient
that he should be diligent
that thereby he might win the prize
therefore, all things must be done in order
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A' ) Distribution of property — (4:28)
28 And I would that ye should remember that
a whosoever among you borroweth of his neighbor
a should return the thing that he borroweth
according as he doth agree
b or else thou shalt commit sin
b and perhaps thou shalt cause thy neighbor to commit sin also
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Final warning against sin — (4:29-30)
29 a And finally, I cannot tell you
b all the things whereby ye may commit sin
b for there are divers ways and means
a even so many that I cannot number them.
30 But this much I can tell you
that if ye do not watch yourselves
and your thoughts
and your words
and your deeds
and observe the commandments of God
and continue in the faith of what ye have heard
concerning the coming of our Lord,
even unto the end of your lives
ye must perish.
and now, O man, remember,
and perish not
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