1 Nephi 22:23 · 2 Nephi 26:20
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The built-up-churches-to-get-gain formula's earliest appearance, in Nephi's own category (1 Nephi 22:23), linked to its latter-day restatement (2 Nephi 26:20, which continues 'that they may get gain and grind upon the face of the poor'). Shared elements: 'built up', 'churches', and 'get gain', same speaker (Nephi), same latter-day Gentile frame. The formula continues through the record and is registered onward: 2 Nephi 26:20 against 28:3 (2ne-tc-builtup), 4 Nephi 1:26 (4ne-churches-for-gain), and Mormon 8:33 (morm-tc-churches-to-get-gain). No verse-pair collision: 1 Nephi 22:23 appears in no other record; 2 Nephi 26:20 is separately registered against 28:3 — distinct pairs. Disclosed 2026-08-10 at the D&C freeze, since this note indexes the formula's legs: it has a carrier outside the record at D&C 10:56, 'build up churches unto themselves to get gain, yea, and all those that do wickedly and build up the kingdom of the devil' — word for word with 4 Nephi 1:26's clause. The earliest-appearance claim is record-scoped and unaffected. Hosted on the two-churches essay.
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