2 Nephi 31: 14

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THE SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI

CHAPTER 31

14 But, behold, my beloved brethren, thus came the voice of the Son unto me, saying: After ye have repented of your sins, and witnessed unto the Father that ye are willing to keep my commandments, by the baptism of water, and have received the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost, and can speak with a new tongue, yea, even with the tongue of angels, and after this should ^adeny me, it would have been ^bbetter for you that ye had not known me.

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14a

Matt. 10: 33 (32-33).

33 But whosoever shall ^adeny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

Rom. 1: 16 (15-18).

16 For I am not ^aashamed of the ^bgospel of Christ: for it is the ^cpower of God unto ^dsalvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

2 Tim. 2: 12 (10-15).

12 If we ^asuffer, we shall also ^breign with him: if we ^cdeny him, he also will deny us:

Alma 24: 30.

30 And thus we can plainly discern, that after a people have been once ^aenlightened by the ^bSpirit of God, and have had great ^cknowledge of things pertaining to righteousness, and then have ^dfallen away into sin and transgression, they become more ^ehardened, and thus their state becomes ^fworse than though they had never known these things.

D&C 101: 5 (1-5).

5 For all those who will not ^aendure chastening, but ^bdeny me, cannot be sanctified.

TG Holy Ghost, Unpardonable Sin against.

Heb. 6: 4 (4-6).

4 For it is impossible for those who were once ^aenlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

2 Pet. 2: 21.

21 For it had been better for them not to have ^aknown the way of ^brighteousness, than, after they have known it, to ^cturn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.