3 Nephi 4:18 Textual Variants

Here both the 1830 edition and the printer’s manuscript have the preposition unto. The 1837 edition changed the preposition to to. This change seems to be unintentional; it was not marked by Joseph Smith in the printer’s manuscript. In four other instances, the 1837 edition accidentally changed the archaic unto to the expected to:

• 2 Nephi 26:27
  • and he hath commanded his people that they should persuade all men [unto 1A|to BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST] repentance
• Alma 16:13
  • and Alma and Amulek went forth preaching repentance [unto 1A|to BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST] the people
• 3 Nephi 18:11
  • and this shall ye always do [unto 1APS|to BCDEFGHIJKLMNOQRT] those who repent
• Moroni 6:3
  • save they took upon them the name of Christ having a determination to serve him [unto 1A|to BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST] the end

Clearly, the 1837 typesetter tended to replace unto with to.

There are no other occurrences in the text of advantage followed by unto or to. Either unto or to works in 3 Nephi 4:18, so the original reading will be restored in the critical text.