RLDS Verse Context
Inspired Version, 1908 Book of Mormon, DC 1-144
Mosiah 8:73 - Mosiah 8:83
73 And this because they would not hearken unto the voice of the Lord; therefore the Lord redeemeth them not, for they are carnal and devilish, and the devil has power over them;
74 Yea, even that old serpent that did beguile our first parents, which was the cause of their fall;
75 Which was the cause of all mankind becoming carnal, sensual, devilish, knowing evil from good, subjecting themselves to the devil.
76 Thus all mankind were lost; and behold, they would have been endlessly lost, were it not that God redeemed his people from their lost and fallen state.
77 But remember, that he that persists in his own carnal nature, and goes on in the ways of sin and rebellion against God, remaineth in his fallen state, and the devil hath all power over him.
78 Therefore he is as though there was no redemption made; being an enemy to God; and also is the devil an enemy to God.
79 And now if Christ had not come into the world, speaking of things to come, as though they had already come, there could have been no redemption.
80 And if Christ had not risen from the dead, or have broken the bands of death, that the grave should have no victory, and that death should have no sting, there could have been no resurrection.
81 But there is a resurrection, therefore the grave hath no victory, and the sting of death is swallowed up in Christ.
82 He is the light and the life of the world; yea, a light that is endless, that can never be darkened; yea, and also a life which is endless, that there can be no more death.
83 Even this mortal shall put on immortality, and this corruption shall put on incorruption, and shall be brought to stand before the bar of God, to be judged of him according to their works, whether they be good or whether they be evil.
74 Yea, even that old serpent that did beguile our first parents, which was the cause of their fall;
75 Which was the cause of all mankind becoming carnal, sensual, devilish, knowing evil from good, subjecting themselves to the devil.
76 Thus all mankind were lost; and behold, they would have been endlessly lost, were it not that God redeemed his people from their lost and fallen state.
77 But remember, that he that persists in his own carnal nature, and goes on in the ways of sin and rebellion against God, remaineth in his fallen state, and the devil hath all power over him.
78 Therefore he is as though there was no redemption made; being an enemy to God; and also is the devil an enemy to God.
79 And now if Christ had not come into the world, speaking of things to come, as though they had already come, there could have been no redemption.
80 And if Christ had not risen from the dead, or have broken the bands of death, that the grave should have no victory, and that death should have no sting, there could have been no resurrection.
81 But there is a resurrection, therefore the grave hath no victory, and the sting of death is swallowed up in Christ.
82 He is the light and the life of the world; yea, a light that is endless, that can never be darkened; yea, and also a life which is endless, that there can be no more death.
83 Even this mortal shall put on immortality, and this corruption shall put on incorruption, and shall be brought to stand before the bar of God, to be judged of him according to their works, whether they be good or whether they be evil.