Alma 38:9 · Mosiah 3:17
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Alma's no-other-way seal to Shiblon joins the angel's double 'way nor means whereby' + 'only in and through … Christ' (Mosiah 3:17 verbally closest). Distribution disclosed: 'only in and through Christ' also at Mosiah 16:13 (Abinadi - a tighter provenance fit); the full way+means+whereby phrasing also at Helaman 5:9 ('no other way nor means whereby man can be saved', there resolved 'only through the atoning blood of Jesus Christ'); means/conditions side at Mosiah 4:8; way+name form at 2 Ne 31:21 (mos-doc-name-way). NEW verse-pair.