The Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 28:35

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and it would be better for them if they had not been born. For do ye suppose that ye can get rid of the justice of an offended God, who hath been trampled under feet of men, that thereby salvation might come?

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aAnd it would be better for them if they had not been born. For do ye suppose that ye can get rid of the justice of an offended God, who hath been trampled under feet of men, that thereby salvation might come?

Simple English

It would be better for them if they had never been born. Do you think you can escape the justice of God when you make him angry? Do you think you can escape after people have walked all over him? That is how salvation comes.

Paraphrase

It would be better if they’d never been born. Do you really think you can escape the justice of an offended God—a God who’s been trampled underfoot so that salvation could come?