2 Nephi 31:18 · 2 Nephi 33:9
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The doctrine's gate-and-path image returns in the farewell chapter as the condition of Nephi's hope for Jew and Gentile; the shared frame — 31:18 'path which leads to eternal life', 33:9 'path which leads to life' — occurs with a life-object only at these two verses (the bare head stands once more, at Alma 7:19, 'the path which leads to the kingdom of God').