“If We Do Not Improve Our Time While in This Life”

Joseph F. McConkie, Robert L. Millet

This is an unusual phrase, for we generally do not speak of “improving” our time.

We might say, “If we do not make effective use of our time . . . ” or “If we do not improve ourselves during this period of time, then it will be too late.”

Jacob warned against wasting “the days of [our] probation” (2 Nephi 9:27), while Samuel the Lamanite warned against procrastinating the time of our repentance until it is “everlastingly too late”. (Helaman 13:38).

See also 2 Corinthians 6:1-2.

Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 3

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