“Is Not Puffed Up”

Joseph F. McConkie, Robert L. Millet

4. Is not puffed up, seeks not his own. The charitable person seeks diligently to turn attention away from self and toward God. He or she eagerly acknowledges the hand of the Lord in all things and is hesitant to take personal credit for accomplishments. Such a one is void of pride. Mormon spoke of a time when many of the Nephites were lifted up in pride, so much so that they proved a major stumbling block to the Church, and “the church began to fail in its progress” (Alma 4:10). At the same time, in this day of inequality and wickedness there were others who, filled with the love of God, were “abasing themselves, succoring those who stood in need of their succor, such as imparting their substance to the poor and the needy, feeding the hungry, and suffering all manner of afflictions, for Christ’s sake, who should come according to the spirit of prophecy” (Alma 4:13).

Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 4

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