The Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 9:15

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~559–545 BC

1830 Edition

And it shall come to pass, that when all men shall have passed from this first death unto life, insomuch as they have become immortal, they must appear before the judgment seat of the Holy One of Israel; and then cometh the judgment, and then must they be judged according to the holy judgment of God.

Influences

1 John 3:14 (KJV)
We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
2 Corinthians 5:10 (KJV)
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ
2 Corinthians 5:10 (KJV)
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

Changes

And it shall come to pass, that when all men shall have passed from this first death unto life, insomuch as they have become immortal, they must appear before the judgment -seat of the Holy One of Israel; and then cometh the judgment, and then must they be judged according to the holy judgment of God.

Simple English

When all people have passed from this first death to life and become people who will never die, they must stand before the judgment seat of the Holy One of Israel. Then comes the judgment. Then they must be judged by God’s holy judgment.

Paraphrase

When everyone has passed from this first death to immortal life, they’ll stand before the judgment seat of the Holy One of Israel. That’s when the judgment happens. Everyone will be judged by God’s holy standard.

Notes

9:15

The phrase, "expedient that" can be found in 2 Nephi 9:15; Alma 34:9; Mosiah 13:27; D&C 9:3

Other common phrases include "dwindled in unbelief" (2 Nephi 26:15; Helaman 15:11, Ether 4:3, D&C 3:18), "it must needs be" (1 Nephi 15:33; Alma 32:28; 3 Nephi 5:1; D&C 48:3), "save it were" (Helaman 3:23; 4 Nephi 1:5; D&C 18:35), "sufficeth me" (2 Nephi 11:1; Jarom 1:2; Ether 3:17), "would that ye should" (Alma 38:5; Mosiah 1:3; Omni 1:2; D7C 46:7).

"After noticing that the same phrases of two or more words appear time after time throughout Joseph Smith's scriptures, we did a computer search to identify these groups of words and feel that they provide evidence that the Book of Mormon, the Inspired Version of the Bible, the Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price were all the product of one mind.... When we find a number of different Book of Mormon writers-e.g., Nephi, Jacob, Enos, Moroni and Mormon-all using many of the same unusual word combinations, we begin to suspect that all these books were actually written by one person."-Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Joseph Smith's Plagiarism of the Bible in the Book of Mormon, p. 39.