State last state of that man is worse, Matt. 12:45 (Luke 11:26). doth it mean the final state of the soul, 1 Ne. 15:31 (2 Ne. 25:17). their state became a state of probation, 2 Ne. 2:21 (Alma 12:24; 42:13). concerning the state of the soul between death and the resurrection, Alma 40:11. all men that are in a state of nature … a carnal state, Alma 41:11. changed from this body … into an immortal state, 3 Ne. 28:15. earth, in its sanctified and immortal state, D&C 130:9.