Mosiah 7:16-20
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Verse 17
- What is this temple? Is it the same temple originally built by Nephi?
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Verse 18
- What does the word effectual mean? What is Limhi saying when he says "there remaineth an effectual struggle"?
- What does it mean to "lift up your heads"? What does this have to do with being comforted?
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Verse 20
- What does it mean to say that God "brought [Limhi's people] into bondage"? What role did God play in their falling into bondage?
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Lexical notes
- In the New Testament, the King James Translation uses the word "effectual" most often in conjunction with the word "work" as a translation of the Greek verbs Energeia or Energeo--both signifying power, work, or energy that "effects" some kind of change (cf. Eph 3:7, Eph 4:16). The verb Energeia is only used when describing supernatural spiritual powers (be they good or evil). While we have no idea what original word was used in verse 18, it is possible that in the Biblical lexicon of Joseph Smith, the phrase translated here as 'effectual struggle" similarly means a struggle conducted by supernatural or divine power--as seems to be indicated in the following verse. If so, Limhi is saying that while they have already struggled themselves, they are about to receive supernatural power to aid in that struggle.
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