The Book of Mormon

Alma 3:26

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and in one year was thousands and tens of thousands of souls sent to the eternal world, that they might reap their rewards according to their works, whether they were good or whether they were bad, to reap eternal happiness or eternal misery, according to the spirit which he listed to obey, whether it be a good spirit or a bad one;

Influences

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

aAnd in one year wasere thousands and tens of thousands of souls sent to the eternal world, that they might reap their rewards according to their works, whether they were good or whether they were bad, to reap eternal happiness or eternal misery, according to the spirit which they listed to obey, whether it be a good spirit or a bad one;.

Simple English

In one year, thousands and thousands of people died and went to the eternal world. They went to get what they deserved for their actions. If they were good, they got eternal happiness. If they were bad, they got eternal sadness. It depended on which spirit they chose to follow, whether it was a good spirit or a bad one.

Paraphrase

In just one year, tens of thousands of people were sent into eternity to face what they’d earned—eternal joy or eternal misery, depending on which spirit they’d chosen to follow, whether good or evil.