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| “I will go and do the things which the Lord has commanded.” |
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| “And I was led by the Spirit, not knowing beforehand the things which I should do.” |
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| “For the fulness of mine intent is that I may persuade men to come unto the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, and be saved.” |
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| “And as I partook of the fruit thereof it filled my soul with exceedingly great joy; wherefore, I began to be desirous that my family should partake of it also.” |
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| “...yea, ye have heard his voice from time to time; and he hath spoken unto you in a still small voice, but ye were past feeling, that ye could not feel his words...” |
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| Nephi to Laman and Lemuel (1 Nephi 17:45) |
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| “...that I might more fully persuade them to believe in the Lord their redeemer, I did read unto them that which was written by the prophet Isaiah...” |
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| “For behold, I have refined thee, I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” |
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| Isaiah (God) (1 Nephi 20:10) |
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| “For it must needs be that there is an opposition in all things.” |
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| “Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy.” |
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| “O then, if I have seen so great things, if the Lord in his condescension unto the children of men hath visited me in so much mercy, why should my heart weep and my soul linger in the valley of sorrow...?” |
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Nephi, Psalm of Nephi.
(2 Nephi 4:26) |
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| “Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem...” |
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| “O how great the goodness of our God, who prepareth a way for our escape from the grasp of this awful monster; yea, that monster, death and hell...” |
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| “O the greatness and the justice of our God!...O the greatness of the mercy of our God, the Holy One of Israel!” |
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| “O the vainness, and the frailties, and the foolishness of men! When they are learned they think they are wise, and they hearken not unto the counsel of God...” |
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| “Behold, a virgin shall conceive and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” |
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| “It is by grace that we are saved after all we can do.” |
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| “He commandeth that there shall be no priestcrafts; for, behold, priestcrafts are that men preach and set themselves up for a light unto the world, that they may get gain and praise of the world; but they seek not the welfare of Zion.” |
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| **“...they will say: All is well in Zion; yea, Zion prospereth, all is well - thus the devil cheateth their souls, and leadeth them away carefully down to hell.” |
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| **“Many of the Gentiles shall say: A Bible! A Bible! We have got a Bible, and there cannot be any more Bible!” |
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| “For the time speedily cometh that the Lord God shall cause a great division among the people, and the wicked will he destroy; and he will spare his people, yea, even if it so be that he must destroy the wicked by fire.” |
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| “The things which I have written sufficeth me, save it be a few words which I must speak concerning the doctrine of Christ.” |
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| “I glory in plainness; I glory in truth; I glory in my Jesus, for he hath redeemed my soul from hell.” |
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| “And were it not that I must speak unto you concerning a grosser crime, my heart would rejoice...” |
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| “...the Jews were a stiffnecked people; ...Wherefore, because of their blindness, which blindness came by looking beyond the mark, they must needs fall;...” |
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| “...our lives passed away like as it were unto us a dream, we being a lonesome and solemn people, wanderers cast out from Jerusalem, born in tribulation, in a wilderness, and hated of our brethren..” |
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| “...and to the reader I bid farewell, hoping that many of my brethren may read my words. Brethren, adieu.” |
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| “And I will tell you of the wrestle I had before God, before I received a remission of my sins.” |
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| And my soul hungered; and I kneeled down before my Maker and I cried unto him in mighty prayer...all the day long.” |
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| “When ye are in the service of your fellow beings, ye are only in the service of your God.” |
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| King Benjamin (Mosiah 2:17) |
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| “...Can ye say aught of yourselves? I answer you, Nay. Ye cannot say that ye are even as much as the dust of the earth.” |
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| King Benjamin (Mosiah 2:25) |
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| “For behold, the time cometh...that with power, the Lord Omnipotent...shall come down from heaven among the children of men, and shall dwell in a tabernacle of clay...” |
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| King Benjamin (Mosiah 3:5) |
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| “For the natural man is an enemy to God...” |
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| King Benjamin (Mosiah 3:19) |
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| “And now,...for the sake of retaining a remission of your sins...I would that ye should impart of your substance to the poor...” |
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| King Benjamin (Mosiah 4:26) |
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| “And now because of the covenant that ye have made, ye shall be called the children of Christ--his sons and daughters.” |
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| King Benjamin (Mosiah 5:7) |
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Term
| “...it is because of our iniquities and abominations that he has brought us into bondage.” |
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| “Who is Abinadi that I...should be judged of him? Who is the Lord, that shall bring upon my people such great affliction?” |
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| “Touch me not, for God shall smite you if ye lay your hands upon me, for I have not delivered the message...” |
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| “God himself shall come down among the children of men, and shall redeem his people. And because he dwelleth in flesh, he shall be called the Son of God, and having subjected the flesh to the will of the Father, being the Father and the Son--” |
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| “...even as you have done unto me, so shall it come to pass that thy seed shall cause that many shall suffer the pains of death by fire...” |
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| “Yea, and are willing to mourn with those that mourn and comfort those... and to stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things...” |
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| Alma the Elder (Mosiah 18:9) |
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| “Thus did teach his people, that every man should love his neighbor as himself, that there should be no contention among them.” |
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| Alma the Elder (Mosiah 23:15) |
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| “And it came to pass that king Mosiah granted unto that he might establish churches throughout all the land of Zarahemla.” |
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| Alma the Elder (Mosiah 25:19) |
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| **“And the Lord said unto : Let them go up, for many shall believe in their words and they shall have eternal life; and I will deliver thy sons...” |
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| “Choose you by the voice of this people, judges, that ye may be judged according to the laws which...” |
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| “And I command you to do these things, and that ye have no king; that if these people commit sins and iniquities they shall be answered upon their own heads.” |
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Term
| “Have ye received his image in your countenances?” |
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| Alma the Younger (Alma 5:14) |
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| “...if ye have experienced a change of heart, and if ye have felt to sing the song of redeeming love, I would ask, can ye feel so now?” |
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| Alma the Younger (Alma 5:26) |
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| “I did harden my heart, for I was called many times and I would not hear, therefore I knew concerning these things, yet I would not know.” |
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| “...if ye will cast out the righteous from among you then will not the Lord stay his hand; but in his fierce anger he will come out against you.” |
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| Alma the Younger (Alma 10:23) |
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| “And those priests were ordained after the order of his Son, in a manner that thereby the people might know in what manner to look forward to his Son for redemption.” |
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| Alma the Younger to Zeezrom (Alma 13:2) |
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Term
| “Behold our work is not finished, therefore they burn us not.” |
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| Alma the Younger (Alma 14:13) |
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Term
| “Who art thou? Art thou that Great Spirit, who knows all things?” |
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| “Others say he is dead and stinketh, but . . . to me he doth not stink.” |
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| Lamoni's Qeen (Alma 19:5) |
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| “O Blessed Jesus who has saved me from an awful hell! O blessed God, have mercy on this people!” |
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| Lamoni's Queen (Alma 19:29) |
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| “Whither art thou going with this Nephite, who is one of the children of a liar?” |
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| Lamoni's Father (Alma 20:10) |
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| “And if thou art God, wilt thou make thyself known unto me, and I will give away all my sins to know thee.” |
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| Lamoni's Father(Alma 22:18) |
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| “Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God.” |
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| “O that I were an angel, and could have the wish of mine heart.” |
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Alma the Younger (Alma 29:1)
(Alma 29:1) |
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| “. . . and this is my glory, that perhaps I may be an instrument in the hands of God to bring some soul to repentance; and this is my joy.” |
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| Alma the Younger (Alma 29:9) |
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Term
"Brother Jacob, I have sought much opportunity that I might
speak unto you..." |
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| Sherem to Jacob (Jacob 7:6) |
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| “O the greatness of the mercy of our God, the Holy One of Israel!...O how great the holiness of our God.” |
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| Jacob speaking to the people of Nephi (2 Nephi 9:19-20) |
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Term
| . "Adam fell that man might be and men are that they might have joy." |
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| Lehi speaking to Jacob (2 Nephi 2:25) |
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“...come unto the Holy One of Israel, and feast upon that which perisheth not, neither can
be corrupted, and let your soul delight in fatness.” |
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| . "Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes." |
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| “Wherefore, I,_____, gave unto them these words as I taught them in the temple, having first obtained mine errand from the Lord.” |
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| Jacob, to the people of Nephi (Jacob 1:17) |
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| "Ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ... feasting upon the word of Christ... and endure to the end." |
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| Nephi, to his beloved brethren (2 Nephi 31:20) |
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Term
| "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given." |
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| "And it came to pass that the Lord did warn me, that I____, should depart from them and flee into the wilderness...." |
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| Nephi, giving history (2 Nephi 5:5) |
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Term
“...let not this pride of your hearts destroy your souls! Think of your brethren like unto
yourselves, and be familiar with all and free with your substance, that they may be rich like unto you.” |
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| Jacob speaking to Nephits after Nephi dies. Pride rises in their hearts because of wealth! (Jacob 2:16-17) |
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| "It is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do." |
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| Nephi. We are judged according to our works, but we are incapable of perfection, so Christ takes up the slack after all we can do. (2 Nephi 25:23) |
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Term
| "And the prophecies which he wrote there are not many greater." |
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| Nephi, talking about Joseph of Egypt's prophecies. (2 Nephi 4:2) |
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| "And my soul hungered and I kneeled down before my Maker and I cried in mighty prayer and supplication." |
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| “But behold, the Jews were a stiffnecked people... Wherefore, because of their blindness, which blindness came by looking beyond the mark, they must needs fall....” |
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| Jacob, Jews despise plainness, so God gives them what they want so they may stumble. (Jacob 4:14) |
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| "...I shall take these plates... and put them with the remainder of my record, for they are choice unto me... And I do this for a wise purpose; for thus it whispereth me, according to the workings of the Spirit of the Lord which is in me." |
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| Mormon (Words of Mormon 1:6-7) |
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| "Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem...." |
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| “And I will tell you of a wrestle which I had before God, before I received a remission of my sins.” |
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Definition
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| "O how great the goodness of our God, who prepareth a way for our escape from the grasp of this awful monster; yea, that monster, death and hell...." |
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| "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer...." |
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| "...the servants did go forth and labor with their mights; and the Lord of the vineyard labored also with them...." |
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| Jacob quoting Zenos (Jacob 5:72) |
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| "Wherefore, I____ prophesy according to the workings of the Spirit which is in me, that there shall none come into this land save they shall be brought by the hand of the Lord." |
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| Lehi about the promised land of America. (2 Nephi 1:6) |
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| "...the time passed away with us, and also our lives passed away as it were unto us a dream, we being a lonesome and solemn people...." |
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| Jacob, as a very tired, weary old man. (Jacob 7:26) |
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| “And it is many hundreds of years after the coming of Christ that I deliver these records into the hands of my son.” |
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| Mormon, giving the records to Moroni. (Words of Mormon 1:2) |
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| “And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth...” |
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| “All is well in Zion. Yea, Zion prospereth, all is well.” |
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| “The mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains.” |
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| “And they would have had no children, wherefore they would have remained in a state of innocence, having no joy for they knew no misery, do no good for they knew no sin.” |
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| “O wretched man that I am.” |
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| Nephi, Psalm of Nephi(2 Nephi 4:17) |
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Term
| “Read this, I pray thee. And the learned shall say: Bring hither the book, and I will read them.” |
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Term
| “And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ....” |
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| Nephi, explains that they are Jews, yet believe in Christ. (2 Nephi 25:26) |
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Term
“For those who shall be destroyed shall speak unto them out of the ground, and their
speech shall be low out of the dust, and their voice shall be as one that hath a familiar
spirit.” |
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Term
“...and he denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and
female; and he remembereth the heathen; and all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile.” |
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| Nephi, God is no respecter of persons. (2 Nephi 26:33) |
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Term
“I glory in plainness; I glory in truth; I glory in my Jesus, for he hath redeemed my soul
from hell.” |
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| Nephi. Testifying that his words are true because of their plainness, their logicality, and their simpleness. Verse before says: wherefore, no man will be angry at the words which I have written save he shall be of the spirit of the devil.(2 Nephi 33:6) |
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