Verse 3. Also such persons deprive themselves of all conjunction with Divine Good, and all knowledge of Divine Truth, because the profanation of the truth of the church through selfish love corrupts all holy good from the Lord, and all holy truth which is the expression of good.

491. The same things are meant by 'sons and daughters' in verses 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 26, 30, of this chapter, but the character of a Church determines that of its 'sons and daughters', or goods and truths. Here they are truths and goods that men perceived most clearly, for they have regard to the Most Ancient Church, the head and forefather of all other Churches that followed after it.