“The Flesh Becoming Subject to the Spirit, or the Son to the Father”

Joseph F. McConkie, Robert L. Millet
Here again we see Abinadi’s play upon words, his use of words with equivalent meanings-flesh, Son, and man on the one hand; Spirit, Father, and God, on the other. The man of flesh, the Son, the mortal Messiah-will subject himself to the will of the Spirit. So it is for all of the children of God-they must yield to the impressions of the Spirit and put off the natural man in order to become a Saint (see Mosiah 3:19).

Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 2

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