Monthly topic 10 · original study companion

Your body is sacred

Alma calls Corianton to repent and forsake his sins. Read this counsel in the context of the complete chapter, including the wrongdoing Alma names, its consequences for others, and the call to return to his ministry.

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Alma 39 records Alma’s counsel to his son. It is not part of a Go and Do chapter. The quotation on this page is Alma 39:9; the full chapter is available through the scripture reading link.

Quoted Book of Mormon

Now my son, I would that ye should repent and forsake your sins, and go no more after the lusts of your eyes, but cross yourself in all these things; for except ye do this ye can in nowise inherit the kingdom of God. Oh, remember, and take it upon you, and cross yourself in these things.
Alma 39:9

Where this appears in Go and Do

This passage is not part of a Go and Do chapter. Read it in Gospel Library through the scripture link above.

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The official topic addresses more than this one chapter. This page offers a selected connection to Alma’s counsel and does not replace the guide.

Study quiz

Questions check whether you can find what the quoted verses say. They do not grade belief, worthiness, or spirituality. No score is stored.

Question 1. What does Alma ask Corianton to do in the quoted Alma 39:9?

Question 2. In Alma 39:10, whose counsel does Alma tell his son to seek?

Question 3. Which verse is quoted on this study page?

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