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Alma 26:12 · Mosiah 4:11

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Book of Mormon Alma 26:12
"Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things"
Book of Mormon Mosiah 4:11
"the greatness of God, and your own nothingness"

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Benjamin's nothingness-doctrine (greatness of God paired with hearer's nothingness) turned by Ammon into a rule for holy boasting. The strength clause Lamoni had already echoed: 'I know, in the strength of the Lord thou canst do all things' (Alma 20:4); a wider strength-of-the-Lord chain (WoM 1:14; Mosiah 9:17/10:10) is noted but kept separate.

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