The Book of Mormon

Alma 26:30

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and we have suffered all manner of afflictions, and all this, that perhaps we might be the means of saving some soul; and we supposed that our joy would be full, if perhaps we could be the means of saving some.

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aAnd we have suffered all manner of afflictions, and all this, that perhaps we might be the means of saving some soul; and we supposed that our joy would be full, if perhaps we could be the means of saving some.

Simple English

We have had all kinds of troubles. All this so that we might help save some soul. We thought our happiness would be full if we could help save some.

Paraphrase

“We’ve suffered everything, all in the hope that we might save even one person. We thought our joy would be complete if we could just save a few.”