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Unit 111

Segment 3 of 3 [#685]

Mormon on Hope and Charity (With a Quotation of 1 Corinthianss 13:4-7)

Moroni 7:40 - Moroni 7:48

Duration: 2:20

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Moroni 7:40

And again, my beloved brethren, I would speak unto you concerning hope.

How is it that you can attain unto faith, save ye shall have hope?


Moroni 7:41

And what is it that ye shall hope for?

Behold I say unto you that ye shall have hope

through the atonement of Christ and the power of his resurrection,

to be raised unto life eternal,

and this because of your faith in him according to the promise.


Moroni 7:42

Wherefore, if a man have faith he must needs have hope;

for without faith there cannot be any hope.


Moroni 7:43

And again, behold I say unto you that he cannot have faith and hope,

save he shall be meek, and lowly of heart.


Moroni 7:44

If so, his faith and hope is vain,

for none is acceptable before God,

save the meek and lowly in heart;

and if a man be meek and lowly in heart,

and confesses by the power of the Holy Ghost

that Jesus is the Christ,

he must needs have charity;

for if he have not charity he is nothing;

wherefore he must needs have charity.


Moroni 7:45

And charity suffereth long,

and is kind, and envieth not,

and is not puffed up,

seeketh not her own,

is not easily provoked,

thinketh no evil,

and rejoiceth not in iniquity

but rejoiceth in the truth,

beareth all things,

believeth all things,

hopeth all things,

endureth all things.


Moroni 7:46

Wherefore, my beloved brethren,

if ye have not charity, ye are nothing,

for charity never faileth.

Wherefore, cleave unto charity,

which is the greatest of all,

for all things must fail —


Moroni 7:47

But charity is the pure love of Christ,

and it endureth forever;

and whoso is found possessed of it at the last day,

it shall be well with him.


Moroni 7:48

Wherefore, my beloved brethren,

pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart,

that ye may be filled with this love,

which he hath bestowed upon all

who are true followers of his Son, Jesus Christ;

that ye may become the sons of God;

that when he shall appear we shall be like him,

for we shall see him as he is;

that we may have this hope;

that we may be purified even as he is pure.

Amen.



The End of Unit 111 - Segment 3