Alma 7:24 Textual Variants

Scribe 2 of 𝓟 initially wrote the singular work; immediately afterwards, he added the plural s inline and then a comma after the s. (Sometimes scribe 2 of 𝓟 added punctuation as he copied from 𝓞 into 𝓟, either a period or a comma or something in-between.) The original manuscript undoubtedly read in the plural. Elsewhere, there are 21 references to “good works” but none to “good work”. In fact, later on in his copywork, scribe 2 of 𝓟 continued to make the same initial error of writing work in place of works:

• Alma 12:32
  • the [work > works 1|works ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST] of justice
• 3 Nephi 21:5
  • these [work >+ works 1|works ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST] and the [work 1PS|works ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOQRT] which shall be wrought among you hereafter
• 3 Nephi 26:4
  • to be judged of their [work > works 1|works ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST] whether they be good or whether they be evil
• 3 Nephi 28:33
  • all the marvelous [work > works 1|works ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST] of Christ
• Mormon 9:26
  • the [work > works 1|works ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST] of the Lord

The example in 3 Nephi 21:5 involves at least one instance, perhaps two, where scribe 2 of 𝓟 miswrote works as work (see the discussion under that passage).