1 Nephi 15:33 Textual Variants

Here scribe 2 of 𝓞 wrote down the singular work. Oliver Cowdery copied the singular into 𝓟, but the 1830 typesetter emended the singular to the plural works. The following subordinate clause has the plural works, which supports this emendation. In addition, scribe 2 of 𝓞 frequently omits the plural s (for a list, see 1 Nephi 13:23).

Usage elsewhere in the text supports the plural works. People are always judged by their works, not their work: there are 14 references to being “judged according to one’s works” and 5 to being “judged of one’s works”, including one in the previous verse:

• 1 Nephi 15:32
  • for the day should come that they must be judged of their works yea even the works which were done by the temporal body in their days of probation

Thus the 1830 typesetter’s emendation is probably correct.