Scriptures/The Book of Mormon/1 Nephi

Scriptures/The Book of Mormon

See: Chiasms

1. Original Chapter
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2. Original Chapter
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3. Original Chapter
   • 10
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4. Original Chapter
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5. Original Chapter
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6. 19 Original Chapter (started in the current 19:22)
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7. Original Chapter
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An interesting feature of this book is that it has a 3-part structure. Here's the breakdown of how I see this:

• Part 1: Chapters 1-9

Prelude

Experience with God

3 Trials

Both remark that the individual who does the trying (Satan/Laban) is nothing compared to God.

Trials Overcome

Desire to gain knowledge from God

• Part 2: Chapters 10-15

Revelation from God

Tree of Life

• Part 3: Chapters 16-22

More straightforward narrative

Good struggles against evil

Good must build a boat to overcome many waters

I perceive this as being reflective, in part, of the Book of Moses, but also, there is an apparent temple structure here. It is hard to separate all these ideas. The parts as I laid out above, are more reflective of the structure of Moses, but I think it would be valid to lay out different boundaries that reflect better the temple structure, and they would both be valid.