Article 8, LDS Scripture, Book of Mormon, Part 7 The eighth LDS Article of Faith says, “We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.” Joseph Smith was no theologian, but he did quote a lot of Bible texts, often out of context. I Nephi chapters 10-12 in the Book of Mormon (B. of M.) are dated between 600 and 592 B.C. but they quote from the Gospels, Epistles and Revelation in the New