1 John 3:2 3:2 1 Corinthians 13:9 13:9 2 Corinthians 3:18 3:18 Philippians 3:12 3:12 Matthew 13:15 13:15 Ephesians 2:12 2:12 Romans 1:21 1:21 John 12:40 12:40 John 15:15 15:15 John 14:21 14:21 John 7:17 7:17 Ephesians 1:9 1:9 Mosiah 3:8 Mosiah 26:23 2 Nephi 25:19 1 Corinthians 13:12 Ephesians 4:18 Psalms 25:14 Alma 12:9
Alma 12:9
And now Alma began to expound these things unto him, saying: It is given unto many to know the mysteries of God; nevertheless they are laid under a strict command that they shall not impart only according to the portion of his word which he doth grant unto the children of men, according to the heed and diligence which they give unto him.
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This chapter in the commentary 1 Nephi 13 — The Two Churches, the Plain and Precious, and the Gentile Vessel 1 Nephi 15 — The Return to the Tent, the Olive Tree Explained, and Why the Heavens Seem Closed 1 Nephi 17 — Bountiful, the Ship, and Nephi's Exodus Sermon 2 Nephi 2 — Opposition in All Things, the Fall, and 'Men Are, That They Might Have Joy' 2 Nephi 6 — Jacob Opens the Temple Sermon — Isaiah 49 Re-Read for the New World 2 Nephi 9 — O the Wisdom of God — Jacob's Great Atonement Sermon 2 Nephi 28 — False Churches in the Latter Days — The Lull of Carnal Security, the Few Stripes, the Line upon Line 2 Nephi 33 — Nephi's Farewell — The Power of the Words, the Face-to-Face Meeting, the Pleasing Bar Alma 3 — The Mark and the Curse — the Amlicites Self-Marked, the Word of God Fulfilled, and Every Man Receiveth Wages of Him Whom He Listeth to Obey Alma 5 — Have Ye Received His Image in Your Countenances — Alma's Master Examination at Zarahemla, the Mighty Change of Heart, and the Song of Redeeming Love Alma 10 — By the Prayers of the Righteous — Amulek's Testimony, the Manasseh Genealogy, and the Lawyer Class Introduced Alma 11 — Every Joint to Its Proper Frame — The Nephite Money System, Zeezrom's Six Onties, and the Master Resurrection Discourse Alma 13 — After the Order of the Son of God — The High Priesthood, Foreordination, and Melchizedek the King of Salem Alma 34 — The Great and Last Sacrifice — Amulek on the Infinite Atonement, the Mediator, and the Time to Prepare to Meet God Alma 40 — The Space Between — Alma on Death, Paradise, and the Resurrection Alma 42 — Mercy Cannot Rob Justice — Alma on the Plan of Redemption Jacob 4 — Looking Beyond the Mark — Jacob's Meditation on Christ, Scripture, and the Jewish Stumble Jacob 6 — Cleave Unto God — Jacob's Allegorical Exhortation and the Pleasing Bar of the Great Jehovah Mosiah 2 — Benjamin's Tower Sermon — The Humble King, Service as Worship, the Unprofitable Servant, and the Wo of the Open Rebel Mosiah 12 — Abinadi Returns in Disguise — Bound, Tried, and Questioned with Isaiah's Good Tidings Mosiah 15 — God Himself Shall Come Down — Abinadi's Father-Son Christology, the Seed of the Servant, and Beautiful Feet Restored Mosiah 16 — The Light That Cannot Be Darkened — Abinadi's Closing Sermon on Carnal Death, the Light of Endless Life, and the Law That Points Beyond Itself 2 Kings 4 — Borrow Not a Few — The Oil That Stopped at the Last Vessel, the Great Woman of Shunem, Death in the Pot, and the Bread That Was Left Over Esther 9 — The Day That Was Turned — The Great Reversal, the Hand Held Back from the Spoil, and the Feast That Remembers a God Who Is Never Named Psalms 25 — Shew Me Thy Ways — An Alphabet of Trust, the Prayer to Be Taught, and the Secret of the LORD Moses 4 — Give Me Thine Honor — the Council, the Serpent, and the First Promise of Christ Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge via openbible.info (CC BY) and from this project’s own chapter essays. Read Alma 12:9 in context .
