Social: The Nephites and the Lamanites were divided in verses 35-39. The original division was created between righteous and unrighteous. However, we also saw that one of the hallmarks of apostasy was wearing fine apparel and social hierarchies after wealth. Now we see proud and vain Nephites, specifically noted as being rich. They are directly compared to the Lamanites, indicating that the Lamanites were also “rich.” The Nephites have therefore adopted the economic trappings of the Lamanites, and as always happened in the past, also adopted the Lamanite ways and religion. The Nephites might still be Nephites politically, but they are losing the religious distinction that truly separated them from the Lamanites.