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Jarom 1:11 · 2 Nephi 25:24

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Book of Mormon Jarom 1:11
"persuading them to look forward unto the Messiah, and believe in him to come as though he already was"
Book of Mormon 2 Nephi 25:24
"And, notwithstanding we believe in Christ, we keep the law of Moses, and look forward with steadfastness unto Christ, until the law shall be fulfilled."

Shared words: look forward

Both verses join the same three elements: law of Moses kept/taught + believe in Christ/the Messiah + 'look forward unto' him. The phrase 'look forward' occurs at thirteen verses in the record — 2 Nephi 25:18 (negative), 25:24, 25:27, 26:8; Jarom 1:11; Mosiah 18:21, 29:10; Alma 5:15, 7:6, 13:2, 13:16, 25:15, 30:16 — a common idiom, several of them carrying this same look-forward-unto-Christ messianic sense. The idiom 'as though he already was' is unique to Jarom 1:11 — stated as Jarom's own addition.

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