Is there a pattern between the statements “repent and be saved” and “repent not and be cast off”?

Thomas R. Valletta

This pattern is known as an antithetic parallelism which “is characterized by an opposition or contrast of thoughts, or an antithesis between two lines. … The opposites in this simple summation of the gospel plan are evident: repent ye contrasts with ye will not repent, and saved stands opposite to cast off” (Parry, “Hebraisms and Other Peculiarities in the Book of Mormon,” 161–62).

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