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Originally Posted by jay santos
Corinthians version is that man is weak and will remain weak and will simply need to rely on grace. Ether version is that man has weaknesses that through the grace of Christ and humility, man can eliminate and make them become strong points.
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This is a very common misinterpretation of Ether 12:27 that drives me crazy. Nowhere does Moroni say that weaknesses will be eliminated, nor that they will become strengths. He says that they will become "strong unto them". In my view, it is weaknesses that drive us to seek God's power and help in our lives. The alcoholic may never overcome that craving, but hopefully the craving drives him to a higher power, giving him strength he would never have had otherwise.
Thus, the two scriptures are completely compatible.