2 Nephi 9: 8

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THE SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI

CHAPTER 9

8 O the ^awisdom of God, his ^bmercy and ^cgrace! For behold, if the ^dflesh should rise no more our spirits must become subject to that angel who ^efell from before the presence of the Eternal God, and became the ^fdevil, to rise no more.

Footnotes

8a	Job 12: 13 (7-25). 13 With him is ^awisdom and ^bstrength, he hath counsel and understanding. Abr. 3: 21. 21 I dwell in the midst of them all; I now, therefore, have come down unto thee to declare unto thee the ^aworks which my hands have made, wherein my ^bwisdom excelleth them all, for I ^crule in the heavens above, and in the earth beneath, in all wisdom and prudence, over all the intelligences thine eyes have seen from the beginning; I came down in the beginning in the midst of all the intelligences thou hast seen. TG God, Wisdom of.
b	TG God, Mercy of.
c	TG Grace.
d	D&C 93: 34. 34 And when ^aseparated, man cannot receive a fulness of joy.
e	2 Ne. 2: 17. 17 And I, Lehi, according to the things which I have read, must needs suppose that an ^aangel of God, according to that which is written, had ^bfallen from heaven; wherefore, he became a ^cdevil, having sought that which was evil before God. Moses 4: 3 (3-4). 3 Wherefore, because that ^aSatan ^brebelled against me, and sought to destroy the ^cagency of man, which I, the Lord God, had given him, and also, that I should give unto him mine own power; by the power of mine Only Begotten, I caused that he should be ^dcast down; Abr. 3: 28 (27-28). 28 And the ^asecond was angry, and kept not his first ^bestate; and, at that day, many followed after him.
f	TG Devil.