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2 Nephi 2:16

16 Wherefore, the Lord God gave unto man that he should ^aact for himself. Wherefore, man could not ^bact for himself save it should be that he was ^centiced by the one or the other.

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a Alma 12:31

31 Wherefore, he gave commandments unto men, they having first transgressed the first commandments as to things which were temporal, and becoming as gods, knowing good from evil, placing themselves in a state to ^dact, or being placed in a state to act according to their wills and pleasures, whether to do evil or to do good—

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b 2 Ne. 10:23

23 Therefore, cheer up your hearts, and remember that ye are free to ^cact for yourselves—to choose the way of everlasting death or the way of eternal life.

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c D&C 29:39 (39-40)

39 And it must needs be that the devil should tempt the children of men, or they could not be agents unto themselves; for if they never should have bitter they could not know the sweet—

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D. Todd Christofferson, GC, Apr. 2015
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Kevin W. Pearson, GC, Apr. 2009
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Neil L. Andersen, GC, Apr. 2005
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This Verse	Nearby Verses		This Chapter

WORD		QTY
wherefore		2
man		2
act		2
lord		1
god		1
gave		1
could		1
not		1
save		1
enticed		1
one		1
other		1

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