The Book of Mormon

Alma 40:2

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Behold, I say unto you, that there is no resurrection; or I would say, in other words, that this mortal does not put on immortality; this corruption does not put on incorruption, until after the coming of Christ.

Influences

1 Corinthians 15:53 (KJV)
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

Changes

Behold, I say unto you, that there is no resurrection; —or, I would say, in other words, that this mortal does not put on immortality;, this corruption does not put on incorruption, —until after the coming of Christ.

Simple English

There is no resurrection. Or, I will say it another way. These bodies that die will not become bodies that live forever until Christ comes.

Paraphrase

Let me be clear: there is no resurrection—or to put it another way, our mortal bodies don’t become immortal, this corruption doesn’t put on incorruption—until after Christ comes.