<div class="scripturelog_navigation"><div> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200000">Book of Mormon</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1201765">Mosiah</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1201766">Chapter 1</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1201771">Verse 5</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1201770">&laquo; Previous Verse</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1201772">Next Verse &raquo;</a></span></div></div><p><em>Original Chapter 1. Comprising chapters 1 to 3 inclusive.</em></p><p>I say unto you, my sons, were it not for these things, which have been kept and preserved by the hand of God, that we might read and understand of his mysteries, and have his commandments always before our eyes, that even our fathers would have dwindled in unbelief, and we should have been like unto our brethren, the Lamanites, who know nothing concerning these things, or even do not believe them when they are taught them, because of the traditions of their fathers, which are not correct.</p><div class="scripturelog_navigation"><div> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200000">Book of Mormon</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1201765">Mosiah</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1201766">Chapter 1</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1201771">Verse 5</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1201770">&laquo; Previous Verse</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1201772">Next Verse &raquo;</a></span></div></div><div class="lds_official">[<a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/mosiah/1/5">View Mosiah Chapter 1 Verse 5 at the Official LDS Website</a>]</div>