<div class="scripturelog_navigation"><div> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200000">Book of Mormon</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1202580">Alma</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1203860">Chapter 42</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1203869">Verse 9</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1203868">&laquo; Previous Verse</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1203870">Next Verse &raquo;</a></span></div></div><p><em>Original Chapter 19. Comprising chapters 39 to 42 inclusive.</em></p><p><em>The commandments of Alma to his son Corianton. Comprising chapters 39 to 42 inclusive.</em></p><p>Therefore, as the soul could never die, and the fall had brought upon all mankind a spiritual death as well as a temporal, that is, they were cut off from the presence of the Lord, it was expedient that mankind should be reclaimed from this spiritual death.</p><div class="scripturelog_navigation"><div> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200000">Book of Mormon</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1202580">Alma</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1203860">Chapter 42</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1203869">Verse 9</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1203868">&laquo; Previous Verse</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1203870">Next Verse &raquo;</a></span></div></div><div class="lds_official">[<a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/42/9">View Alma Chapter 42 Verse 9 at the Official LDS Website</a>]</div>