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2 Nephi 2:16
Wherefore, the Lord God gave unto man that he should act for himself. Wherefore, man could not act for himself save it should be that he was enticed by the one or the other.
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This chapter in the commentary 2 Nephi 4 — Lehi's Death, the Brothers' Anger, and the Psalm of Nephi 2 Nephi 5 — The Split, the Land of Nephi, and 'After the Manner of Happiness' 2 Nephi 10 — Reconcile Yourselves — Jacob's Second Day and the Land of Promise 2 Nephi 24 — Isaiah 14 — Israel Restored, the Taunt-Song over Babylon's King, Lucifer Fallen from Heaven 2 Nephi 25 — Nephi's Exposition — The Plainness, Six Hundred Years, the Name of Christ, and Grace After All We Can Do 2 Nephi 26 — Nephi's Vision Continued — The Nephite Destruction, the Whisper out of the Dust, and the Universal Invitation 2 Nephi 28 — False Churches in the Latter Days — The Lull of Carnal Security, the Few Stripes, the Line upon Line 2 Nephi 31 — The Doctrine of Christ — Baptism, the Holy Ghost, and the Strait Way Alma 12 — The Plan of Redemption Made Known — Mysteries According to Heed and Diligence, the Fall, and the Second Death Alma 29 — O That I Were an Angel — A Psalm of Holy Desire and Holier Restraint Alma 34 — The Great and Last Sacrifice — Amulek on the Infinite Atonement, the Mediator, and the Time to Prepare to Meet God Alma 41 — Wickedness Never Was Happiness — Alma on the Restoration of the Soul Alma 42 — Mercy Cannot Rob Justice — Alma on the Plan of Redemption Helaman 14 — A Day, and a Night, and a Day — The Signs of His Coming and His Death Mosiah 15 — God Himself Shall Come Down — Abinadi's Father-Son Christology, the Seed of the Servant, and Beautiful Feet Restored Mosiah 28 — The Sons of Mosiah Depart for the Lamanites — They Could Not Bear That Any Soul Should Perish, Mosiah Translates the Jaredite Plates by the Interpreters, the Office of the Seer Defined Mosiah 29 — The Reign of the Judges Established — Mosiah's Epistle on the Voice of the People, the Danger of the Unrighteous King, How Much Iniquity One Wicked King Causes, and Alma the Younger Chosen Chief Judge Doctrine and Covenants 29 — The Great I AM 2 Kings 22 — I Have Found the Book — the Boy King Who Walked Straight, the Scroll Lost Inside the Temple, the Clothes Torn at the Reading, and Huldah's Oracle of the Tender Heart 2 Kings 24 — According to the Word of the LORD — Nebuchadnezzar Comes Up, Jehoiachin Opens the Gates, Ten Thousand Go to Babylon, and a King Named Righteousness Takes a Tilting Throne Esther 1 — The Feast at the Center of the Empire — 127 Provinces, 180 Days of Glory, a Queen Who Said No, and the Vacancy Providence Left Open Esther 3 — The Man Who Would Not Bow — Haman the Agagite, the Ancient Enmity Awakened, and the Lot Cast Over a Loaded Table Esther 8 — The Word That May No Man Reverse — Haman's House, the Signet on Mordecai's Hand, and a Second Decree Answering the First Genesis 1 — The Beginning That Explains Everything — God Creates the Heaven and the Earth, the Spirit Broods on the Deep, the Divine Council Says Let Us, and Man Is Made in the Image of God Genesis 2 — The Breath in the Dust — the Seventh Day Hallowed, the Man Formed, Eden Planted, and the First Marriage Made One Flesh Genesis 3 — The Choice That Opened the World — the Serpent's Question, the Fruit and the Opened Eyes, the Promise of the Seed, and the Coats of Skins Genesis 4 — Two Brothers and One Altar — the First Offering Accepted and Refused, Sin Crouching at the Door, the Blood That Cries from the Ground, and the Seed Appointed Instead of Abel Job 1 — The Wager in Heaven — Job of Uz, the Accuser in the Council, and the Man Who Worshipped in the Ruins Job 2 — Skin for Skin — The Second Council, the Boils, the Wife's Grief, and the Silence of Friends Job 38 — Out of the Whirlwind — The LORD Answers Job Not with a Why but with a Who Nehemiah 8 — The Book Opened in the Sight of All the People — Ezra Reads the Law, the Sense Is Given, and Grief Turns to the Joy of the LORD Psalms 1 — The Two Ways — The Blessed Man, the Tree by the Water, the Chaff on the Wind, and the Doorway into the Psalter Psalms 19 — Two Books of One Author — The Heavens That Preach Without Words and the Law That Revives the Soul Psalms 31 — Into Thine Hand — A Lament of Trust, the Rock and House of Defence, and the Spirit Committed to God Moses 3 — Spiritual Before Temporal — the Garden, the Rib, and the One-Flesh Covenant Moses 4 — Give Me Thine Honor — the Council, the Serpent, and the First Promise of Christ Moses 5 — The Similitude of the Sacrifice — Adam's Altar, Eve's Joy, and the First Master Mahan Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge via openbible.info (CC BY) and from this project’s own chapter essays. Read 2 Nephi 2:16 in context .
