4 Nephi 1:27 Textual Variants

Royal Skousen
yea there were churches which professed to know the Christ and yet they did deny the more [part 1PS|parts ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOQRT] of his gospel

Here the printer’s manuscript reads in the singular, “the more part of his gospel”, while the 1830 edition has the plural, “the more parts of his gospel”. As explained under Helaman 6:21, the most likely reading here in 4 Nephi 1:27 is the one with the unexpected plural parts.

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 6

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