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Romans 8:23

And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

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Romans 8:23

And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

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1 Nephi 22 — Nephi's Exposition — The Scattering, the Gentile Nursing, and the Mighty One of Israel
2 Nephi 7 — Isaiah 50 — The Bill of Divorcement, the Smitten Cheek, and the Face Set Like a Flint
2 Nephi 21 — Isaiah 11 — The Branch from the Stump of Jesse, the Sevenfold Spirit, and the Peaceable Kingdom
2 Nephi 23 — Isaiah 13 — The Burden of Babylon, the Day of the Lord, the Sanctified Ones
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 32 — Feast Upon the Words of Christ — Angels, the Holy Ghost, and the Doctrine of Pray Always
2 Nephi 33 — Nephi's Farewell — The Power of the Words, the Face-to-Face Meeting, the Pleasing Bar
3 Nephi 22 — With Everlasting Kindness — The Forsaken Wife Gathered Home
Alma 7 — The Condescension at Gideon — He Shall Take Upon Him Their Infirmities, That His Bowels May Be Filled with Mercy, That He May Know According to the Flesh How to Succor His People
Alma 26 — How Many Thousands of Our Brethren Has He Loosed From the Pains of Hell — Ammon's Hymn of Rejoicing, and the Boast That Is Not a Boast
Enos 1 — Enos's Wrestle — The Hunt That Became a Prayer, Intercession for Brethren and Enemies, the Promise of Preservation
Jacob 3 — The Pure in Heart, the Lamanite Husbands, and the Mercy Available Yet
Jacob 4 — Looking Beyond the Mark — Jacob's Meditation on Christ, Scripture, and the Jewish Stumble
Moroni 7 — Charity Is the Pure Love of Christ — Mormon's Sermon on Faith, Hope, and Charity
Mosiah 3 — The Angel's Message — Jesus Christ Named, Blood from Every Pore, and the Natural Man
Mosiah 5 — The Covenant Response — One Voice, No More Disposition to Evil, Spiritually Begotten Sons and Daughters, the Name in the Heart
Mosiah 7 — Ammon Finds the Lost Colony — The Bondage Pattern, the Slain Prophet, and the First Pre-Christian Christology Outside Benjamin
Mosiah 14 — The Suffering Servant — Isaiah 53 in the Mouth of Abinadi, Read into the Face of King Noah
Mosiah 15 — God Himself Shall Come Down — Abinadi's Father-Son Christology, the Seed of the Servant, and Beautiful Feet Restored
Mosiah 21 — Limhi's Bondage Deepens — Three Defeats, Humbled to the Dust, the Lord Slow to Hear, and Many Desire Baptism but None Have Authority
Mosiah 23 — Alma's People in Helam — The Refused Kingship, the Liberty Doctrine, the Land Beautiful, the Amulonites Discovered, and the Lord Chasteneth Those Whom He Loveth
Mosiah 24 — Burdens Made Light — Amulon's Authority, the Forbidden Prayer, the Voice of the Lord in Their Affliction, the Deep Sleep upon the Lamanites, and the Valley Named Alma
Mosiah 27 — The Angel, the Three Days of Death-Like Sleep, and the Born-Again — Alma the Younger and the Sons of Mosiah Converted, the Earth Trembling, the Soul Redeemed from the Gall of Bitterness
Words of Mormon 1 — Words of Mormon — The Editor's Seam, the Wise Purpose, and the Providence That Reaches Across Centuries
Doctrine and Covenants 23 — Under No Condemnation
Doctrine and Covenants 34 — The Light Which Shineth in Darkness
Doctrine and Covenants 58 — Anxiously Engaged in a Good Cause
Doctrine and Covenants 76 — The Vision
Doctrine and Covenants 90 — The Keys of the Kingdom
Doctrine and Covenants 98 — Renounce War and Proclaim Peace
Doctrine and Covenants 100 — Your Families Are Well
Doctrine and Covenants 101 — Be Still and Know That I Am God
Doctrine and Covenants 111 — More Treasures Than One
Doctrine and Covenants 122 — The Son of Man Hath Descended Below Them All
2 Kings 2 — The Chariot of Fire and the Fallen Mantle — Elijah's Last Walk, the Double Portion, the Whirlwind into Heaven, and the Salt in a New Cruse
2 Kings 6 — They That Be With Us Are More — the Axe Head That Swam, the Mountain Full of Fire at Dothan, and the Siege That Devoured Samaria
Esther 3 — The Man Who Would Not Bow — Haman the Agagite, the Ancient Enmity Awakened, and the Lot Cast Over a Loaded Table
Ezra 1 — The Word Fulfilled — Cyrus's Decree, the Stirred Spirit, the Freewill Return, and the Vessels Come Home
Job 38 — Out of the Whirlwind — The LORD Answers Job Not with a Why but with a Who
Psalms 8 — What Is Man — The Excellent Name, the Work of Thy Fingers, and the Crown Set on a Little Lower Than the Gods
Abraham 3 — Kolob and the Council — the Governing Stars, the Noble and Great Ones, and 'Here Am I, Send Me'
Moses 2 — I, God, Created — the Restored Creation, the Only Begotten as Agent, and the Seven Days

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