Have parts of the Bible been lost and altered through the ages?
| "The word of God…abideth for ever " (1 Peter 1:23).
"The word of the Lord endureth for ever" (1 Peter 1:25).
"My words shall not pass away" (Luke 21:33).
"Thou shalt preserve them" (Psalms 12:6-7).
"For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven" (Psalms 119:89).
"Concerning thy testimonies…thou hast founded them for ever" (Psalms 119:152).
"Thy word…endureth for ever" (Psalms 119:160).
"The word of our God shall stand for ever" (Isaiah 40:8).
"My words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth…saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever" (Isaiah 59:21)
| The foundation of a great and abominable church (i.e. Mormons say Catholic church), which is most abominable above all other churches; for behold, they have taken away from the gospel of the Lamb many parts which are plain and most precious. And all this have they done that they might pervert the right ways of the Lord, that they might blind the eyes and harden the hearts of the children of men. Wherefore, thou seest that after the book (i.e. the Bible) hath gone forth through the hands of the great and abominable church, that there are many plain and precious things taken away from the book (i.e. the Bible) (1 Nephi 13:26-28)
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