What is "the virtue of the word of God"? Alma 31:5
Alma is really sad because the Zoramites have become apostate. He wants to bring them back to the faith. He decides to do this by preaching to them because preaching had a greater tendency to lead the people to choose the right, had a more powerful effect upon their minds, than the sword or anything else. Alma thought it would be worth it to try the "virtue of the word of God."
In this context, virtue means merits, advantages, usefulness, efficacy.
Answer:
The usefulness of the word of God is its power to be effective to lead people to righteous change, ie repentance.
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