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Genesis 42

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1 ὁράω-VB--AAPNSM δέ-X *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ὅτι-C εἰμί-V9--PAI3S πρᾶσις-N3I-NSF ἐν-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--DSF εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GSM ἵνα-C τίς- I--ASN ῥᾳθυμέω-V2--PAI2P

2 ἰδού-I ἀκούω-VX--XAI1S ὅτι-C εἰμί-V9--PAI3S σῖτος-N2--NSM ἐν-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--DSF καταβαίνω-VZ--AAD2P ἐκεῖ-D καί-C πρίαμαι-VH--AMD2P ἐγώ- P--DP μικρός-A1A-APN βρῶμα-N3M-APN ἵνα-C ζάω-V3--PAI1P καί-C μή-D ἀποθνήσκω-VB--AAS1P

3 καταβαίνω-VZI-AAI3P δέ-X ὁ- A--NPM ἀδελφός-N2--NPM *ιωσηφ-N---GSM ὁ- A--NPM δέκα-M πρίαμαι-VH--AMN σῖτος-N2--ASM ἐκ-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF

4 ὁ- A--ASM δέ-X *βενιαμίν-N---ASM ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM *ιωσηφ-N---GSM οὐ-D ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI3S μετά-P ὁ- A--GPM ἀδελφός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GSM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S γάρ-X μήποτε-D συνβαίνω-VZ--AAS3S αὐτός- D--DSM μαλακία-N1A-NSF

5 ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P δέ-X ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ἀγοράζω-V1--PAN μετά-P ὁ- A--GPM ἔρχομαι-V1--PMPGPM εἰμί-V9--IAI3S γάρ-X ὁ- A--NSM λιμός-N2--NSM ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *χανααν-N----S

6 *ιωσηφ-N---NSM δέ-X εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἄρχων-N3--NSM ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF οὗτος- D--NSM πωλέω-V2I-IAI3S πᾶς-A3--DSM ὁ- A--DSM λαός-N2--DSM ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ἔρχομαι-VB--AAPNPM δέ-X ὁ- A--NPM ἀδελφός-N2--NPM *ιωσηφ-N---GSM προςκυνέω-VAI-AAI3P αὐτός- D--DSM ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF

7 ὁράω-VB--AAPNSM δέ-X *ιωσηφ-N---NSM ὁ- A--APM ἀδελφός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GSM ἐπιγιγνώσκω-VZI-AAI3S καί-C ἀλλοτριόω-V4I-IMI3S ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM σκληρός-A1A-APN καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM πόθεν-D ἥκω-V1--PAI2P ὁ- A--NPM δέ-X εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P ἐκ-P γῆ-N1--GSF *χανααν-N---GS ἀγοράζω-VA--AAN βρῶμα-N3M-APN

8 ἐπιγιγνώσκω-VZI-AAI3S δέ-X *ιωσηφ-N---NSM ὁ- A--APM ἀδελφός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GSM αὐτός- D--NPM δέ-X οὐ-D ἐπιγιγνώσκω-VZI-AAI3P αὐτός- D--ASM

9 καί-C μιμνήσκω-VSI-API3S *ιωσηφ-N---NSM ὁ- A--GPN ἐνύπνιον-N2N-GPN ὅς- --GPN ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--NSM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM κατάσκοπος-N2--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI2P κατανοέω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--APN ἴχνος-N3E-APN ὁ- A--GSF χώρα-N1A-GSF ἥκω-V1--PAI2P

10 ὁ- A--NPM δέ-X εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P οὐ-D κύριος-N2--VSM ὁ- A--NPM παῖς-N3D-NPM σύ- P--GS ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI1P πρίαμαι-VH--AMN βρῶμα-N3M-APN

11 πᾶς-A3--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI1P υἱός-N2--NPM εἷς-A3--GSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM εἰρηνικός-A1--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI1P οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI3P ὁ- A--NPM παῖς-N3D-NPM σύ- P--GS κατάσκοπος-N2--NPM

12 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DPM οὐ-D ἀλλά-C ὁ- A--APN ἴχνος-N3E-APN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ἔρχομαι-VAI-AAI2P ὁράω-VB--AAN

13 ὁ- A--NPM δέ-X εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P δώδεκα-M εἰμί-V9--PAI1P ὁ- A--NPM παῖς-N3D-NPM σύ- P--GS ἀδελφός-N2--NPM ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *χανααν-N----S καί-C ἰδού-I ὁ- A--NSM νέος-A1A-NSMC μετά-P ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM ἐγώ- P--GP σήμερον-D ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X ἕτερος-A1A-NSM οὐ-D ὑποἄρχω-V1--PAI3S

14 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DPM *ιωσηφ-N---NSM οὗτος- D--NSN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ὅς- --ASN εἶπον-VX--XAI1S σύ- P--DP λέγω-V1--PAPNSM ὅτι-C κατάσκοπος-N2--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI2P

15 ἐν-P οὗτος- D--DSN φαίνω-VF2-FMI2P νή-X ὁ- A--ASF ὑγίεια-N1A-ASF *φαραώ-N---GSM οὐ-D μή-D ἐκἔρχομαι-VB--AAS2P ἐντεῦθεν-D ἐάν-C μή-D ὁ- A--NSM ἀδελφός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GP ὁ- A--NSM νέος-A1A-NSMC ἔρχομαι-VB--AAS3S ὧδε-D

16 ἀποστέλλω-VA--AAD2P ἐκ-P σύ- P--GP εἷς-A3--ASM καί-C λαμβάνω-VB--AAD2P ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GP σύ- P--NP δέ-X ἀποἄγω-VQ--API2P ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSN φανερός-A1A-APN γίγνομαι-VB--AMN ὁ- A--APN ῥῆμα-N3M-APN σύ- P--GP εἰ-C ἀληθεύω-V1--PAI2P ἤ-C οὐ-D εἰ-C δέ-X μή-D νή-X ὁ- A--ASF ὑγίεια-N1A-ASF *φαραώ-N---GSM ἦ-D μήν-X κατάσκοπος-N2--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI2P

17 καί-C τίθημι-VEI-AMI3S αὐτός- D--APM ἐν-P φυλακή-N1--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-APF τρεῖς-A3--APF

18 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DPM ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--DSF τρίτος-A1--DSF οὗτος- D--ASN ποιέω-VA--AAD2P καί-C ζάω-VF--FMI2P ὁ- A--ASM θεός-N2--ASM γάρ-X ἐγώ- P--NS φοβέω-V2--PMI1S

19 εἰ-C εἰρηνικός-A1--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI2P ἀδελφός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GP εἷς-A3--NSM καταἔχω-VC--APD3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF φυλακή-N1--DSF αὐτός- D--NPM δέ-X βαδίζω-VA--AAD2P καί-C ἀποἄγω-VB--AAD2P ὁ- A--ASM ἀγορασμός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSF σιτοδοσία-N1A-GSF σύ- P--GP

20 καί-C ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GP ὁ- A--ASM νέος-A1A-ASMC ἄγω-VB--AAD2P πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS καί-C πιστεύω-VC--FPI3P ὁ- A--NPN ῥῆμα-N3M-NPN σύ- P--GP εἰ-C δέ-X μή-D ἀποθνήσκω-VF2-FMI2P ποιέω-VAI-AAI3P δέ-X οὕτως-D

21 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἕκαστος-A1--NSM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM ναί-I ἐν-P ἁμαρτία-N1A-DSF γάρ-X εἰμί-V9--PAI1P περί-P ὁ- A--GSM ἀδελφός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GP ὅτι-C ὑπεὁράω-VBI-AAI1P ὁ- A--ASF θλῖψις-N3I-ASF ὁ- A--GSF ψυχή-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM ὅτε-D καταδέω-V2I-IMI3S ἐγώ- P--GP καί-C οὐ-D εἰςἀκούω-VAI-AAI1P αὐτός- D--GSM ἕνεκεν-P οὗτος- D--GSN ἐπιἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S ἐπί-P ἐγώ- P--AP ὁ- A--NSF θλῖψις-N3I-NSF οὗτος- D--NSF

22 ἀποκρίνω-VC--APPNSM δέ-X *ρουβην-N---NSM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM οὐ-D λαλέω-VAI-AAI1S σύ- P--DP λέγω-V1--PAPNSM μή-D ἀδικέω-VA--AAS2P ὁ- A--ASN παιδάριον-N2N-ASN καί-C οὐ-D εἰςἀκούω-VAI-AAI2P ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἰδού-I ὁ- A--NSN αἷμα-N3M-NSN αὐτός- D--GSM ἐκζητέω-V2--PMI3S

23 αὐτός- D--NPM δέ-X οὐ-D οἶδα-VXI-YAI3P ὅτι-C ἀκούω-V1--PAI3S *ιωσηφ-N---NSM ὁ- A--NSM γάρ-X ἑρμηνευτής-N1M-NSM ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM αὐτός- D--GPM εἰμί-V9--IAI3S

24 ἀποστρέφω-VD--APPNSM δέ-X ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GPM κλαίω-VAI-AAI3S *ιωσηφ-N---NSM καί-C πάλιν-D προςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM καί-C λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM *συμεων-N---ASM ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C δέω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM ἐναντίον-P αὐτός- D--GPM

25 ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S δέ-X *ιωσηφ-N---NSM ἐνπίμπλημι-VA--AAN ὁ- A--APN ἀγγεῖον-N2N-APN αὐτός- D--GPM σῖτος-N2--GSM καί-C ἀποδίδωμι-VO--AAN ὁ- A--ASN ἀργύριον-N2N-ASN ἕκαστος-A1--GSM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM σάκκος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C δίδωμι-VO--AAN αὐτός- D--DPM ἐπισιτισμός-N2--ASM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF καί-C γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S αὐτός- D--DPM οὕτως-D

26 καί-C ἐπιτίθημι-VE--AAPNPM ὁ- A--ASM σῖτος-N2--ASM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APM ὄνος-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GPM ἀποἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P ἐκεῖθεν-D

27 λύω-VA--AAPNSM δέ-X εἷς-A3--NSM ὁ- A--ASM μάρσιππος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM δίδωμι-VO--AAN χόρτασμα-N3M-APN ὁ- A--DPM ὄνος-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GSM οὗ-D καταλύω-VAI-AAI3P ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM δεσμός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSN ἀργύριον-N2N-GSN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἐπάνω-P ὁ- A--GSN στόμα-N3M-GSN ὁ- A--GSM μάρσιππος-N2--GSM

28 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DPM ἀδελφός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GSM ἀποδίδωμι-VCI-API3S ἐγώ- P--DS ὁ- A--NSN ἀργύριον-N2N-NSN καί-C ἰδού-I οὗτος- D--NSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM μάρσιππος-N2--DSM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἐκἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSF καρδία-N1A-NSF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ταράσσω-VQI-API3P πρός-P ἀλλήλω- D--APM λέγω-V1--PAPNPM τίς- I--ASN οὗτος- D--ASN ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--DP

29 ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P δέ-X πρός-P *ἰακώβ-N---ASM ὁ- A--ASM πατήρ-N3--ASM αὐτός- D--GPM εἰς-P γῆ-N1--ASF *χανααν-N----S καί-C ἀποἀγγέλλω-VAI-AAI3P αὐτός- D--DSM πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN συνβαίνω-VZ--AAPAPN αὐτός- D--DPM λέγω-V1--PAPNPM

30 λαλέω-VX--XAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AP σκληρός-A1A-APN καί-C τίθημι-VEI-AMI3S ἐγώ- P--AP ἐν-P φυλακή-N1--DSF ὡς-C κατασκοπεύω-V1--PAPAPM ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF

31 εἶπον-VAI-AAI1P δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM εἰρηνικός-A1--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI1P οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI1P κατάσκοπος-N2--NPM

32 δώδεκα-M ἀδελφός-N2--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI1P υἱός-N2--NPM ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM ἐγώ- P--GP ὁ- A--NSM εἷς-A3--NSM οὐ-D ὑποἄρχω-V1--PAI3S ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X μικρός-A1A-NSMC μετά-P ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM ἐγώ- P--GP σήμερον-D ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *χανααν-N----S

33 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X ἐγώ- P--DP ὁ- A--NSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ἐν-P οὗτος- D--DSN γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI1S ὅτι-C εἰρηνικός-A1--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI2P ἀδελφός-N2--ASM εἷς-A3--ASM ἀποἵημι-VB--AAD2P ὧδε-D μετά-P ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--ASM δέ-X ἀγορασμός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSF σιτοδοσία-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSM οἶκος-N2--GSM σύ- P--GP λαμβάνω-VB--AAPNPM ἀποἔρχομαι-VA--AAD2P

34 καί-C ἄγω-VB--AAD2P πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GP ὁ- A--ASM νέος-A1A-ASMC καί-C γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI1S ὅτι-C οὐ-D κατάσκοπος-N2--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI2P ἀλλά-C ὅτι-C εἰρηνικός-A1--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI2P καί-C ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GP ἀποδίδωμι-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--DP καί-C ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF ἐνπορεύομαι-V1--PMI2P

35 γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S δέ-X ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN κατακενόω-V4--PAN αὐτός- D--APM ὁ- A--APM σάκκος-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἕκαστος-A1--GSM ὁ- A--NSM δεσμός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSN ἀργύριον-N2N-GSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM σάκκος-N2--DSM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI3P ὁ- A--APM δεσμός-N2--APM ὁ- A--GSN ἀργύριον-N2N-GSN αὐτός- D--GPM αὐτός- D--NPM καί-C ὁ- A--NSM πατήρ-N3--NSM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C φοβέω-VCI-API3P

36 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DPM *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ὁ- A--NSM πατήρ-N3--NSM αὐτός- D--GPM ἐγώ- P--AS ἀτεκνόω-VAI-AAI2P *ιωσηφ-N---NSM οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI3S *συμεων-N---NSM οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI3S καί-C ὁ- A--ASM *βενιαμίν-N---ASM λαμβάνω-VF--FMI2P ἐπί-P ἐγώ- P--AS γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S πᾶς-A3--NPN οὗτος- D--NPN

37 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *ρουβην-N---NSM ὁ- A--DSM πατήρ-N3--DSM αὐτός- D--GSM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM ὁ- A--APM δύο-M υἱός-N2--APM ἐγώ- P--GS ἀποκτείνω-VA--AAD2S ἐάν-C μή-D ἄγω-VB--AAS1S αὐτός- D--ASM πρός-P σύ- P--AS δίδωμι-VO--AAD2S αὐτός- D--ASM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF χείρ-N3--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS καΐἐγώ-C+ PNS ἀναἄγω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--ASM πρός-P σύ- P--AS

38 ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὐ-D καταβαίνω-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM υἱός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS μετά-P σύ- P--GP ὅτι-C ὁ- A--NSM ἀδελφός-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GSM ἀποθνήσκω-VBI-AAI3S καί-C αὐτός- D--NSM μόνος-A1--NSM καταλείπω-VP--XMI3S καί-C συνβαίνω-VF--FMI3S αὐτός- D--ASM μαλακίζομαι-VS--APN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ὁδός-N2--DSF ὅς- --DSF ἄν-X πορεύομαι-V1--PMS2P καί-C καταἄγω-VF--FAI2P ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--ASN γῆρας-N3--ASN μετά-P λύπη-N1--GSF εἰς-P ᾅδης-N1M-GSM

   

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5432. 'You are spies' means that they existed solely for the sake of gain. This is clear from the meaning of 'spies' here as being bent on material gain; indeed it is clear from the train of thought that nothing else is meant in the internal sense by 'spies'. For the internal sense here deals with the truths known to the Church which are to be made over to the natural as its own. But such a making over is not possible unless an influx takes place from the celestial of the spiritual through the intermediary, those truths known to the Church being 'the sons of Jacob', who are 'Joseph's brothers', the celestial of the spiritual being 'Joseph', and the intermediary being 'Benjamin'. The implications of all this have been stated in 5402. There it is shown that when the truths of faith which are known to the Church and are called its teachings are learned at the earliest stage of life, they are taken in and consigned to the memory as facts in the same way as any other factual knowledge. And they remain there as factual knowledge until the person begins to use his own ability to look at those truths and see for himself whether they really are truths, and - having seen that they are such - to act in conformity with them. That ability to look at such truths and this willingness to act in conformity with them cause them to be factual knowledge no longer. Now they are commandments to be obeyed in life, till at length they are his life; for they then pass into the life he leads and are made his own.

[2] People who have reached adult years, and especially those who have arrived at old age, but have not used their own ability to look at the truths known to the Church, called its doctrinal teachings, to see for themselves whether these really are truths, or to form any subsequent wish to live in conformity with them, inevitably retain them in exactly the same way as they do all other factual knowledge. Those truths remain solely in their natural memory, and from there in their mouth. When they speak truths they do so not from their interior man or heart, only from their exterior man or mouth. When this is a person's state he cannot possibly believe that the truths known to the Church are truths, no matter how much it might seem to him that he does believe that they are. The reason why it seems to him that he does believe they are truths is that he trusts other people and their ideas and firmly embraces them. To embrace firmly other people's ideas, no matter whether they are truths or falsities, is very easy, for it involves no more than the use of one's intellect.

[3] These truths known to the Church - that is, those people with whom they exist in the way explained immediately above - are meant by spies coming to see the nakedness of the land. For their belief in the teachings of their Church does not spring from any affection for truth but from an affection for securing important positions and personal gain. For this reason they themselves have scarcely any belief, and there is denial for the most part in their hearts. They regard the Church's teachings in the way a merchant does his wares, in that they seem to themselves to be well-taught and wise when from within themselves they see those teachings as untrue and yet they are able to convince the common people that they are true. It is quite evident from those in the next life that very many leaders of Churches are like this. Wherever they go in the next life they take with them the sphere emanating from their affections and consequent thoughts, and that sphere is clearly perceptible to others. From this sphere one can recognize quite plainly what kind of affection for truth and what kind of faith they have possessed. The same is not made plain in the world because no spiritual perception of such things exists there. This being so, those leaders of Churches do not reveal what they really think, for that would deprive them of what they seek to gain.

[4] The fact that these are 'spies' becomes perfectly clear from the consideration that they are the kind of people who do nothing else than find fault with, so as to accuse and condemn, those who adhere to truths grounded in good. Whether they belong to the Papists so-called, or to the Reformed, or to the Quakers, or to the Socinians, or to the Jews, are not such people, once they have firmly embraced the teachings of their Church, nothing else than 'spies'? They deride and condemn absolute truths, if these are known anywhere; for truths are not embraced by them because they are truths, the reason for this being that they are not moved by any affection for truth for its own sake, let alone for their life's sake, only for the sake of personal gain. Also, when such people read the Word they examine it closely with the sole intention of confirming what is already known and taught, and for the sake of material gain. Many of them examine the Word closely 'to see the nakedness of the land', that is, to see there the truths known to the Church not as truths but merely as means that will serve them to convince others, for the sake of their own personal gain, that they are truths.

[5] People however who are moved by an affection for truth for its own sake and for their life's sake, consequently for the sake of the Lord's kingdom, do indeed have faith in the teachings of the Church. But even so they examine the Word closely with no other end in view than to see the truth itself, as a result of which they develop a faith and a conscience that are their own. If anyone tells them that they ought to keep to the teachings of the Church in which they were born, they then think that they would have been told exactly the same if they had been born within Judaism, within Socinianism, Quakerism, or Christian Gentilism, or even outside the Church, and that everywhere they would say, This is where the Church is, this is where the Church is; truths exist here and nowhere else! This being what they think they decide to examine the Word closely, praying sincerely to the Lord for enlightenment as they do so. People like these do not upset anyone else within the Church, nor do they ever condemn others, for they recognize that the life led by everyone who is a Church is founded on the faith that is his own.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.