Alma 36:4
~74 BC
1830 Edition
and I would not that ye think that I know of myself, not of the temporal, but of the spiritual; not of the carnal mind, but of God.
Influences
1 Corinthians 10:20 (KJV)
But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
Romans 8:7 (KJV)
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Romans 13:1 (KJV)
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Changes
Simple English
I don’t know these things from my own mind. I know them from God.
Paraphrase
Don’t think I know this from my own wisdom—not from anything earthly, but from the Spirit. Not from human understanding, but from God.