6140. 'So that we may live and not die' means spiritual life received from them, and the fear no longer of damnation. This is clear from the meaning of 'living' as spiritual life, dealt with in 5890; and from the meaning of 'dying' as damnation, dealt with in 6119, in this case the fear of damnation because their state is one of desolation. When a person is being regenerated damnation is not present, but the fear of damnation is.