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Ether 12:6 · Alma 32:21

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Book of Mormon Ether 12:6
"faith is things which are hoped for and not seen; wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith"
Book of Mormon Alma 32:21
"faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things; therefore if ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true"

Shared words: things which are

Moroni, writing his editorial frame ('And now, I, Moroni, would speak somewhat concerning these things'), restates Alma's Onidah faith-definition as his own gloss. Shared-phrasing on the faith / hope / not-seen kernel, NOT near-verbatim -- both quotes are verbatim from their own verses, but no verbatim run spans both. Ether reads 'things which are hoped for and not seen'; Alma reads 'things which are not seen, which are true' -- the shared distinctive kernel is faith + hope(d) + 'not seen'. The fuller treatment is on the faith / faith-hope-charity page; Moroni 7 is the fuller anchor and Ether 12 + Moroni 7 are the pair. Moroni's own faith-doctrine brackets this definition: Ether 12:19 (those 'whose faith was so exceedingly strong … truly saw with their eyes the things which they had beheld with an eye of faith') and Ether 3:19 (the brother of Jared 'had faith no longer, for he knew, nothing doubting' -- faith become knowledge).