13  And now behold, this was the desire which I desired of him—that if it should so be, that my people, the Nephites, should fall into transgression, and by any means be destroyed, and the Lamanites should not be destroyed, that the Lord God would preserve a record of my people, the Nephites; even if it so be by the power of his holy arm, that it might be brought forth at some future day unto the Lamanites, that, perhaps, they might be brought unto salvation—

  36  And behold, these things which we have ^adesired concerning our brethren, yea, even their restoration to the knowledge of Christ, are according to the prayers of all the saints who have dwelt in the land.

  46  And, behold, all the remainder of this work does contain all those parts of my gospel which my holy prophets, yea, and also my disciples, ^bdesired in their prayers should come forth unto this people.

  6  Wherefore, we search the prophets, and we have many revelations and the spirit of prophecy; and having all these witnesses we obtain a hope, and our faith becometh unshaken, insomuch that we truly can command in the name of Jesus and the very trees obey us, or the mountains, or the waves of the sea.

  9  And if ye shall say unto this ^amountain, Be thou cast down and become smooth, it shall be done.

  19  And they were cast into prison by them who did not belong to the church. And the ^aprisons could not hold them, for they were rent in twain.

  21  And thrice they were cast into a ^afurnace and received no harm.