Closing his ministry among them, Jesus speaks of the joy that he has in the righteousness of the Nephites and declares that of those there present__“this generation”__none would fall away from the gospel truths he has given them.
He then proceeds to prophesy of a fourth generation that will fall away into apostasy (see 4 Nephi 1). He closes his teaching with a caution to be watchful and to continue in the path that they have entered—a narrow, less travelled road in contrast to the broad highway of wickedness that leads to destruction.