The Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 11:7

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For if there be no Christ, there be no God; and if there be no God, we are not, for there could have been no creation.—But there is a God, and he is Christ; and he cometh in the fulness of his own time.

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For if there be no Christ, there be no God; and if there be no God, we are not, for there could have been no creation.— But there is a God, and he is Christ;, and he cometh in the fulness of his own time.

Simple English

If there is no Christ, there is no God. If there is no God, we don’t exist. Nothing could have been created. But there is a God, and he is Christ. He will come at the right time.

Paraphrase

If there’s no Christ, there’s no God. And if there’s no God, we don’t exist—because nothing could have been created. But there is a God, and he is Christ, and he will come when the time is right.