According to John Welch, King Benjamin taught his people eight steps, an early sort of the Articles of Faith (couched in a beautiful eight-part parallelism), which appear at the center of section 5 of the speech (see Mosiah 4:9-10). His eight incremental and sequential steps are:
1. believe that he is,
2. believe that he created all things,
3. believe that he has all wisdom and power,
4. honestly admit that man does not comprehend all,
5. believe that you must repent and forsake your sins,
6. humble yourself before God,
7. ask in sincerity of heart for forgiveness, and
8. if you believe these things, see that you do them.
[John W. Welch, "A Masterful Oration," in King Benjamin's Speech: "That Ye May Learn Wisdom," pp. 75-76]