6086. 'And if you know that there are among them men with energy' means the more outstanding contents of doctrine. This is clear from the meaning of 'men with energy' a, the more outstanding contents of doctrine. For 'man' means one who has intelligence and also means truth, 158, 265, 749, 1007, 3174, 4823, and as a consequence means doctrine, while 'energetic' means what is outstanding In the original language 'energy' is expressed by a word that also means strength and power, which in the internal sense means those things that prevail and so are more outstanding.

265. 'Husband' (vir) means the rational. This is clear from verse 6 of this chapter which says that the woman gave to her husband (vir) with her and he ate, meaning that he conceded. It is also clear from what was shown concerning the word 'man' (vir) in 158, where that word was used to mean a person who is wise and intelligent. Here however, because wisdom and intelligence had perished as a result of eating from the tree of knowledge, it means the rational, for nothing else was left. Indeed the rational is an imitation or seeming likeness of intelligence.