405. Internal Meaning of Genesis, Chapter 4

1-26 Division of that church, which took place between those who made everything of the church and thus of salvation to consist in the mere doctrine and knowledge [scientia] of cognitions (who were Cain); and those who made it to consist also in a life of love and charity (who were Abel); and, abstractly, that a mere knowledge [scientia] of doctrinals, like faith alone, when all of religion is made to consist in it alone, slays charity. But those who made a church out of mere doctrine, and did not at the same time make it consist in life, were rejected.

Title: Not Killing

Topic: Salvation

Summary: We look at a number of passages about murder and killing, and look for the divine love that lies behind them.

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References:
Genesis 2:17; 4:2, 8-9, 15
Exodus 20:13
Joshua 8:24
1 Samuel 15:18
1 Kings 21:17
Psalms 34:18, 21-22
Isaiah 13:9, 11
Jeremiah 4:31; 7:8, 11
Ezekiel 9:5-6
Hosea 6:4
Amos 9:1
Matthew 5:21, 26; 15:11
Mark 15:7
Luke 19:22; 20:9
Acts of the Apostles 3:14-15; 9:1-2
Romans 1:28, 32
John 10:7-10
James 4:1, 7, 10
1 John 3:10-11, 1_John 3:45
Revelation 9:20-21
John 8:44