Moroni 7:38 Textual Variants

Here the 1874 RLDS edition replaced the preposition in with on, probably accidentally. Overall in the text, we have examples with either preposition when referring to faith and the name of the Lord, although on does predominate, seven to two (here we include the example in Moroni 7:38):

• Mosiah 3:9 even through faith on his name
• Mosiah 3:21 only through repentance and faith on the name of the Lord God Omnipotent
• Mosiah 5:7 through faith on his name
• Alma 9:27 through faith on his name
• Mormon 9:37 through faith on the name of Jesus Christ
• Moroni 3:3 by the endurance of faith on his name to the end
• Moroni 7:26 men also were saved by faith in his name
• Moroni 7:38 save they shall have faith in his name
• Moroni 8:3 through the endurance of faith on his name to the end

We note that the nearby occurrence in Moroni 7:26 reads “by faith in his name”. There is also evidence for the preposition in in the King James version for Acts 3:16: “and his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong”. In addition, there is an early revelation to Joseph Smith that reads “faith in his name”:

• Book of Commandments 2:6 (Doctrine and Covenants 3:20)
  • and be glorified through faith in his name

This revelation dates from July 1828, during the same general time period as the Book of Mormon translation. See under Helaman 15:7 for further discussion on the variation between in and on for prepositional phrases associated with the noun faith.