The Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 9:7

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wherefore it must needs be an infinite atonement; save it should be an infinite atonement, this corruption could not put on incorruption. Wherefore, the first judgment which came upon man, must needs have remained to an endless duration. And if so, this flesh must have laid down to rot and to crumble to its mother earth, to rise no more.

Influences

1 Corinthians 15:53 (KJV)
this corruptible must put on incorruption

Changes

wWherefore, it must needs be an infinite atonement; —save it should be an infinite atonement, this corruption could not put on incorruption. Wherefore, the first judgment which came upon man, must needs have remained to an endless duration. And if so, this flesh must have laid down to rot and to crumble to its mother earth, to rise no more.

Simple English

So there must be an atonement that lasts forever. Without an atonement that lasts forever, our dying bodies could not become living bodies again. The first judgment that came to people would have lasted forever. Our bodies would rot and turn to dust and never come back.

Paraphrase

That’s why the sacrifice had to be infinite. Without an infinite sacrifice, our decaying bodies could never be made incorruptible. The first judgment would have lasted forever. Our bodies would have rotted into dust and never risen again.