Conversion: Book of Mormon Scriptures which Teach about Conversion

2 Ne 4:31-32 Wilt thou make me that I man shake at the appearance of sin? ...that I may be strict in the plain road!

2 Ne 31:20 Where ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men, Wherefore, if ye shall press forward feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life.

Omni 1 :26 I would that ye should come unto Christ, who is the Holy One of Israel, and partake of his salvation, and the power of his redemption. Yea, come unto him, and offer your whole souls as an offering unto him. [Elder Bednar quotes this then says: But earnestly coming unto Him and giving our whole souls as an offering requires much more than merely knowing. Conversion requires all of our heart, all of our might, and all of our mind and strength (see D&C 4:2).]

Mosiah 3:19 For the natural man is an enemy to God and has been from the fall of Adam and will be forever and ever unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father.

Mosiah 5:2,4 We know of their surety and truth, because of the Spirit of the Lord Omnipotent, which has wrought a might change in us, or in our hearts, that we have no more disposition to do evil, but to do good continually. And it is the faith which we have had on the things which our king has spoken that has brought us to this great knowledge.

Mosiah 5:15 I would that ye should be steadfast and immovable always abounding in good works, that Christ, the Lord God Omnipotent, may seal you his, that you may be brought to heaven.

Mosiah 18:8-10 As ye are desirous to come into the fold of God, and are willing to be called his people, and are willing to bear one another’s burdens, that they may be light; Yea, and are willing to morn with those that mourn; yea, and comfort those that stand in need of comfort, and stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places... what have you against being baptized in the name of the Lord as a witness before him...that he may pour out his Spirit more abundantly upon you?

Alma 5:14 Have ye spiritually been born of God? Have ye received his image in your countenances? Have ye experienced this might change in your hearts?

Alma 7:15 Lay aside every sin, which easily doth beset you, which doth bind you down to destruction.

Helaman 15:7 –8 [Elder Bednar: Samuel the Lamanite identified five basic elements in becoming converted unto the Lord: (1) believing in the teachings and prophecies of the holy prophets as they are recorded in the scriptures, (2) exercising faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, (3) repenting, (4) experiencing a mighty change of heart, and (5) becoming “firm and steadfast in the faith.” This is the pattern that leads to conversion.]

3 Nephi 9:20 And ye shall offer for a sacrifice unto me a broken heart and a contrite spirit. And whoso cometh unto me with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, him will I baptize with fire and with the Holy Ghost, even as the Lamanites, because of their faith in me at the time of their conversion, were baptized with fire and with the Holy Ghost, and they knew it not.

Be Converted that I May Heal You (The connection between conversion and being healed)

3 Nephi 9:13 O all ye that are spared because ye were more righteous than they, will ye not now return unto me, and repent of your sins, and be converted, that I may heal you?

Isaiah 6:10 lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

Matthew 13:15 Lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

D&C 112:13 And after their temptations, and much tribulation, behold, I, the Lord, will feel after them, and if they harden not their hearts, and stiffen not their necks against me, they shall be converted, and I will heal them.

(For more on the pattern found in these four scriptures, see Elder Russell M. Nelson's talk, "Jesus Christ—the Master Healer.”)