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Moroni 7–9
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Reading Plan
Structure your personal scripture study by following a 15-minute, day-by-day plan. Each day's assignment includes the required scripture passages from the Come, Follow Me curriculum, as well as suggestions for additional resources to bring context and understanding to your study. For the best experience, use our Reading Plan in the free ScripturePlus app! You can track your progress and have access to the best resources.
Monday
- Scripture: Moroni 7:1–19
- Video: Come, Follow Me with Taylor Halverson (Moroni 1-6)
- Commentary: Moroni 7 Overview Questions
- Commentary: Mormon’s Sermon Often Echoes the Sermon at the Temple
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Additional Study
- Commentary: The Nephites Build Places of Worship
- Commentary: All Good Things Come from God
- Commentary: The Light of Christ
- Commentary: “Judge Not, That Ye Be Not Judged”
- Commentary: Moroni 7:8-10
- KnoWhy: Why Should People Study the Same Scriptures Over and Over Again?
Tuesday
- Scripture: Moroni 7:20–39
- Commentary: Mormon on Faith
- Commentary: Moroni 7:26–29
- Additional Study
Wednesday
- Scripture: Moroni 7:40–48
- Video: What Do You Hope For? - John Hilton III (Moroni 7-9)
- Commentary: Mormon’s Definitions of Charity
- Commentary: Moroni 7:45-47
- Commentary: Moroni 7:48
- Commentary: Mormon on Hope
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Additional Study
- Commentary: Mormon on Charity
- Commentary: Moroni 7:41-42
- KnoWhy: What Does It Really Mean to Have Charity?
Thursday
- Scripture: Moroni 8:1–16
- Commentary: Moroni 8 Background Questions
- Commentary: Why Did Mormon Call Jesus “The Holy Child?”
- Commentary: The Whole Need No Physician
- Commentary: All Parents Must Become Like Children
- Commentary: Moroni 8:12-16
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Additional Study
- Evidence: Infant Baptism
Friday
- Scripture: Moroni 8:17–30
- Video: Evidences of the Book of Mormon: Hebraisms
- Commentary: How Did Mormon Perceive Children?
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Additional Study
- Commentary: Moroni 8:20-23
- Commentary: Moroni 8:24-26
- Evidence: Superior-Inferior Pattern in Epistles
- Commentary: Moroni 8:27-30
- Commentary: Moroni 8:17-19
- Commentary: The Nephites Were Rebellious in Nature
- Commentary: All Children Are Clean and Need No Repentance Thanks to the Atonement
Saturday
- Scripture: Moroni 9:1–10
- Commentary: Moroni 9 Thought Questions
- Commentary: Moroni 9:4-6
- Commentary: Moroni 9:9-10
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Additional Study
- KnoWhy: When Did Mormon Write His Letter Recorded in Moroni 9?
- Evidence: Attestation of Luram
Sunday
- Scripture: Moroni 9:11–26
- Commentary: Moroni 9:18-19
- Commentary: Moroni 9:20-22
- Commentary: Moroni 9:25-26
- Commentary: The Nephites Were “Without Principle, and Past Feeling”
- Commentary: Securing the Records (see Mormon 4:23)
- Commentary: Nephites Swept Off “As Dew Before the Sun” (see Mormon 4:18)
- Commentary: Be Faithful in Christ
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Bibliography
Moroni 7
Baker, LeGrand L., and Stephen D. Ricks. “Moroni 7: Faith, Hope, and Charity.” In Who Shall Ascend into the Hill of the Lord?: The Psalms in Israel’s Temple Worship in the Old Testament and in the Book of Mormon, 696. 2nd ed. Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2011.
Baker, LeGrand L., and Stephen D. Ricks. “Meaning of ‘Faith’ — pistis.” In Who Shall Ascend into the Hill of the Lord?: The Psalms in Israel’s Temple Worship in the Old Testament and in the Book of Mormon, 697–709. 2nd ed. Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2011.
Baker, LeGrand L., and Stephen D. Ricks. “A Meaning of ‘Charity.’” In Who Shall Ascend into the Hill of the Lord?: The Psalms in Israel’s Temple Worship in the Old Testament and in the Book of Mormon, 714–721. 2nd ed. Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2011.
Baker, LeGrand L., and Stephen D. Ricks. “A Meaning of ‘Hope.’’” In Who Shall Ascend into the Hill of the Lord?: The Psalms in Israel’s Temple Worship in the Old Testament and in the Book of Mormon, 710–713. 2nd ed. Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2011.
Dahl, Larry E. “Faith, Hope, and Charity.” In A Book of Mormon Treasury: Gospel Insights from General Authorities and Religious Educators, 457–470. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2003.
Richardson, Matthew O. “’The Pure Love of Christ’: The Divine Precept of Charity in Moroni 7.” In Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts, edited by Gaye Strathearn and Charles Swift, 290–301. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University/Deseret Book, 2007.
Sperry, Sidney B. “Literary Problems in the Book of Mormon involving 1 Corinthians 12, 13, and Other New Testament Books.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 166–174.
Welch, John W. “Worthy of Another Look: Reusages of the Words of Christ.” Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 22, no. 1 (2013): 62–72.
Moroni 7:6
Book of Mormon Central. “Why Should People Study the Same Scriptures Over and Over Again? (Moroni 7:6).” KnoWhy 252 (December 14, 2016).
Moroni 7:13
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Mormon's Invitation.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 175.
Moroni 7:15–16
Reynolds, Noel B. “The Ancient Doctrine of the Two Ways and the Book of Mormon.” BYU Studies Quarterly 56, no. 3 (2017): 49–78.
Moroni 7:20
Wendt, Candice. “Mormon’s Question.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 24 (2015): 248–253.
Moroni 7:29–32
Book of Mormon Central. “What Does Mormon Teach Us about Ministering as Angels? (Moroni 7:29).” KnoWhy 425 (April 17, 2018).
Bowen, Matthew L. “Messengers of the Covenant: Mormon’s Doctrinal Use of Malachi 3:1 in Moroni 7:29–32.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 31 (2019): 111–138.
Moroni 7:34
Reynolds, Noel B. “’Come unto Me’ as a Technical Gospel Term.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 31 (2019): 1–24.
Moroni 7:45–48
Bowen, Matthew L. “’Most Desirable Above All Things’: Onomastic Play on Mary and Mormon in the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 13 (2014): 27–61.
Book of Mormon Central. “What Does It Really Mean to Have Charity? (Moroni 7:45, 47–48).” KnoWhy 361 (September 5, 2017).
Moroni 8
Fear, Michael J. “The Merits of Christ: Fallen Humanity’s Hope for Redemption.” In Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts, edited by Gaye Strathearn and Charles Swift, 256-263. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University/Deseret Book, 2007.
Millet, Robert L. “Alive in Christ: The Salvation of Little Children.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, From Zion to Destruction, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 1–17. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995.
Miner, Alan C. “A Chronological Setting for the Epistles of Mormon to Moroni.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 3, no. 2 (1994): 94–113.
Peterson, H. Donl. “Moroni, the Last of the Nephite Prophets.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, From Zion to Destruction, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 235–249. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995.
Smith, Robert F. “Epistolary Form in the Book of Mormon.” FARMS Review 22, no. 2 (2010): 125–135.
Spencer, Joseph M. “On the Dating of Moroni 8-9.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 22 (2016): 131–148.
Sperry, Sidney B. “Literary Problems in the Book of Mormon involving 1 Corinthians 12, 13, and Other New Testament Books.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 166–174.
Moroni 8:8–12
Book of Mormon Central. “Why Did Moroni Include Mormon’s Condemnation of Infant Baptism? (Moroni 8:12).” KnoWhy 253 (December 15, 2016).
Roper, Matthew. “The Baptism of Little Children in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.” Insights: A Window on the Ancient World 23, no. 2 (2003): 2–3.
Moroni 8:16–17
Bowen, Matthew L. “’Most Desirable Above All Things’: Onomastic Play on Mary and Mormon in the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 13 (2014): 27–61.
Moroni 8:25–26
Parry, Donald W. “Climactic Forms in the Book of Mormon.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon, edited by John W. Welch, 290–292. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: FARMS/Deseret Book, 1992.
Moroni 9
Book of Mormon Central. “When Did Mormon Write His Letter Recorded in Moroni 9? (Moroni 9:1).” KnoWhy 477 (October 18, 2018).
Gwilliam, Ezra. “Dear Son: Lessons from Moroni Chapter 9.” Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 16, no. 1 (2015): 104–115.
Miner, Alan C. “A Chronological Setting for the Epistles of Mormon to Moroni.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 3, no. 2 (1994): 94–113.
Peterson, H. Donl. “Moroni, the Last of the Nephite Prophets.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, From Zion to Destruction, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 235–249. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995.
Satterfield, Bruce. “Moroni 9-10: Remember How Merciful the Lord Hath Been.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, From Zion to Destruction, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 277–288. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 1995.
Smith, Robert F. “Epistolary Form in the Book of Mormon.” FARMS Review 22, no. 2 (2010): 125–135.
Spencer, Joseph M. “On the Dating of Moroni 8-9.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 22 (2016): 131–148.
Sperry, Sidney B. “Literary Problems in the Book of Mormon involving 1 Corinthians 12, 13, and Other New Testament Books.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 166–174.
Moroni 9:2
(Luram) Tvedtnes, John A., John Gee, and Matthew Roper. “Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9, no. 1 (2000): 40–51, 78–79.
Moroni 9:5
Bowen, Matthew L. “’Most Desirable Above All Things’: Onomastic Play on Mary and Mormon in the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 13 (2014): 27–61.
Moroni 9:19
Bowen, Matthew L. “’O Ye Fair Ones’ - Revisited.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 20 (2016): 315–344.