Mosiah 2:40 Textual Variants

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for I have spoken [plain 1ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQS|plainly RT] unto you that ye might understand

As discussed under 2 Nephi 25:20, when the verb is speak, the bare adverbial form plain occurs in the original text about as frequently as the standard adverbial form plainly. The critical text will restore all instances of “to speak plain” whenever they are supported by the earliest textual sources (as here in Mosiah 2:40).

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 2

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