12 But in the gift of His Son hath God prepared a more excellent way, And it is by faith that it hath been fulfilled;
13 For if there be no faith among the children of men, God can do no miracle among them; Wherefore, He showed not Himself until after their faith.
14 Behold, it was the faith of Alma and Amulek that caused the prison to tumble to the earth.
15 Behold, it was the faith of Nephi and Lehi that wrought the change upon the Lamanites, that they were baptized with fire and with the Holy Ghost.
16 Behold, it was the faith of Ammon and his brethren which wrought so great a miracle among the Lamanites; Yea, and even all they which wrought miracles wrought them by faith, Even those which were before Christ, and also them which were after.
17 And it was by faith that the three disciples obtained a promise that they should not taste of death, And they obtained not the promise until after their faith.
18 And neither at any time hath any wrought miracles until after their faith; Wherefore, they first believed in the Son of God.
19 And there were many whose faith was so exceeding strong, even before Christ came, which could not be kept from within the veil, But truly saw with their eyes the things which they had beheld with an eye of faith and they were glad.
20 And behold, we have seen in this record that one of these was the brother of Jared; For so great was his faith in God that when God put forth His finger, He could not hide it from the sight of the brother of Jared because of his word which he had spoken unto Him, which word he had obtained by faith;
21 And after that the brother of Jared had beheld the finger of the Lord, Because of the promise which the brother of Jared had obtained by faith, the Lord could not withhold anything from his sight; Wherefore, He showed him all things, for he could no longer be kept without the veil.
22 And it is by faith that my fathers have obtained the promise that these things should come unto their brethren through the Gentiles; Therefore, the Lord hath commanded me, yea, even Jesus Christ.