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Genesis 19

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1 ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P δέ-X ὁ- A--NPM δύο-M ἄγγελος-N2--NPM εἰς-P *σοδομα-N1--AS ἑσπέρα-N1A-GSF *λωτ-N---NSM δέ-X κάθημαι-V1I-IMI3S παρά-P ὁ- A--ASF πύλη-N1--ASF *σοδομα-N1--GS ὁράω-VB--AAPNSM δέ-X *λωτ-N---NSM ἐκ ἀναἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S εἰς-P συνάντησις-N3I-ASF αὐτός- D--DPM καί-C προςκυνέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DSN πρόσωπον-N2N-DSN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF

2 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἰδού-I κύριος-N2--VPM ἐκκλίνω-VA--AAD2P εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM οἶκος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSM παῖς-N3D-GSM σύ- P--GP καί-C καταλύω-VA--AAD2P καί-C νίπτω-VA--AMD2P ὁ- A--APM πούς-N3D-APM σύ- P--GP καί-C ὀρθρίζω-VA--AAPNPM ἀποἔρχομαι-VF--FMI2P εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF σύ- P--GP εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P δέ-X οὐ-D ἀλλά-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF πλατύς-A3U-DSF καταλύω-VF--FAI1P

3 καί-C καταβιάζομαι-V1I-IMI3S αὐτός- D--APM καί-C ἐκκλίνω-VAI-AAI3P πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF οἰκία-N1A-ASF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM πότος-A1--ASM καί-C ἄζυμος-A1B-APM πέσσω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM καί-C ἐσθίω-VBI-AAI3P

4 πρό-P ὁ- A--GSN κοιμάω-VC--APN καί-C ὁ- A--NPM ἀνήρ-N3--NPM ὁ- A--GSF πόλις-N3I-GSF ὁ- A--NPM *σοδομίτης-N1M-NPM περικυκλόω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--ASF οἰκία-N1A-ASF ἀπό-P νεανίσκος-N2--GSM ἕως-P πρεσβύτερος-A1A-GSMC ἅπας-A3--NSM ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ἅμα-D

5 καί-C ἐκκαλέω-V2I-IMI3P ὁ- A--ASM *λωτ-N---ASM καί-C λέγω-V1I-IAI3P πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM ποῦ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI3P ὁ- A--NPM ἀνήρ-N3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM εἰςἔρχομαι-VB--AAPNPM πρός-P σύ- P--AS ὁ- A--ASF νύξ-N3--ASF ἐκἄγω-VB--AAD2S αὐτός- D--APM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AP ἵνα-C συνγίγνομαι-VB--AMS1P αὐτός- D--DPM

6 ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *λωτ-N---NSM πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASN πρόθυρον-N2N-ASN ὁ- A--ASF δέ-X θύρα-N1A-ASF προςοἴγνυμι-VAI-AAI3S ὀπίσω-P αὐτός- D--GSM

7 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM μηδαμῶς-D ἀδελφός-N2--VPM μή-D πονηρεύομαι-VA--AMS2P

8 εἰμί-V9--PAI3P δέ-X ἐγώ- P--DS δύο-M θυγάτηρ-N3--NPF ὅς- --NPF οὐ-D γιγνώσκω-VZI-AAI3P ἀνήρ-N3--ASM ἐκἄγω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--APF πρός-P σύ- P--AP καί-C χράομαι-VA--AMD2P αὐτός- D--DPF καθά-D ἄν-X ἀρέσκω-V1--PAS3S σύ- P--DP μόνον-D εἰς-P ὁ- A--APM ἀνήρ-N3--APM οὗτος- D--APM μή-D ποιέω-VA--AAS2P μηδείς-A3P-ASN ἄδικος-A1B-ASN ὅς- --GSM εἵνεκεν-P εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P ὑπό-P ὁ- A--ASF σκέπη-N1--ASF ὁ- A--GPF δοκός-N2--GPF ἐγώ- P--GS

9 εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P δέ-X ἀποἵστημι-VA--AAD2S ἐκεῖ-D εἷς-A3--NSM ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI2S παραοἰκέω-V2--PAN μή-D καί-C κρίσις-N3I-ASF κρίνω-V1--PAN νῦν-D οὖν-X σύ- P--AS κακόω-VF--FAI1P μᾶλλον-D ἤ-C ἐκεῖνος- D--APM καί-C παραβιάζομαι-V1I-IMI3P ὁ- A--ASM ἀνήρ-N3--ASM ὁ- A--ASM *λωτ-N---ASM σφόδρα-D καί-C ἐγγίζω-VAI-AAI3P συντρίβω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--ASF θύρα-N1A-ASF

10 ἐκτείνω-VA--AAPNPM δέ-X ὁ- A--NPM ἀνήρ-N3--NPM ὁ- A--APF χείρ-N3--APF εἰςσπάω-VAI-AMI3P ὁ- A--ASM *λωτ-N---ASM πρός-P ἑαυτοῦ- D--APM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM οἶκος-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--ASF θύρα-N1A-ASF ὁ- A--GSM οἶκος-N2--GSM ἀποκλείω-VAI-AAI3P

11 ὁ- A--APM δέ-X ἀνήρ-N3--APM ὁ- A--APM εἰμί-V9--PAPAPM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF θύρα-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSM οἶκος-N2--GSM πατάσσω-VAI-AAI3P ἀορασία-N1A-DSF ἀπό-P μικρός-A1A-GSM ἕως-P μέγας-A1--GSM καί-C παραλύω-VCI-API3P ζητέω-V2--PAPNPM ὁ- A--ASF θύρα-N1A-ASF

12 εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P δέ-X ὁ- A--NPM ἀνήρ-N3--NPM πρός-P *λωτ-N---ASM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S τίς- I--NSM σύ- P--DS ὧδε-D γαμβρός-N2--NPM ἤ-C υἱός-N2--NPM ἤ-C θυγάτηρ-N3--NPF ἤ-C εἰ-C τίς- I--NSM σύ- P--DS ἄλλος- D--NSM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF πόλις-N3I-DSF ἐκἄγω-VB--AAD2S ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM τόπος-N2--GSM οὗτος- D--GSM

13 ὅτι-C ἀποὀλλύω-V5--PAI1P ἐγώ- P--NP ὁ- A--ASM τόπος-N2--ASM οὗτος- D--ASM ὅτι-C ὑψόω-VCI-API3S ὁ- A--NSF κραυγή-N1--NSF αὐτός- D--GPM ἐναντίον-P κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--AP κύριος-N2--NSM ἐκτρίβω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--ASF

14 ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *λωτ-N---NSM καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S πρός-P ὁ- A--APM γαμβρός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--APM λαμβάνω-VX--XAPAPM ὁ- A--APF θυγάτηρ-N3--APF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἀναἵστημι-VH--AAD2P καί-C ἐκἔρχομαι-VB--AAD2P ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM τόπος-N2--GSM οὗτος- D--GSM ὅτι-C ἐκτρίβω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--ASF πόλις-N3I-ASF δοκέω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X γελοιάζω-V1--PAN ἐναντίον-P ὁ- A--GPM γαμβρός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GSM

15 ἡνίκα-D δέ-X ὄρθρος-N2--NSM γίγνομαι-V1I-IMI3S ἐπισπουδάζω-V1I-IAI3P ὁ- A--NPM ἄγγελος-N2--NPM ὁ- A--ASM *λωτ-N---ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNPM ἀναἵστημι-VH--AAPNSM λαμβάνω-VB--AAD2S ὁ- A--ASF γυνή-N3K-ASF σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--APF δύο-M θυγάτηρ-N3--APF σύ- P--GS ὅς- --APF ἔχω-V1--PAI2S καί-C ἐκἔρχομαι-VB--AAD2S ἵνα-C μή-D συν ἀποὀλλύω-V5--PMS2S ὁ- A--DPF ἀνομία-N1A-DPF ὁ- A--GSF πόλις-N3I-GSF

16 καί-C ταράσσω-VQI-API3P καί-C κρατέω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--NPM ἄγγελος-N2--NPM ὁ- A--GSF χείρ-N3--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--GSF χείρ-N3--GSF ὁ- A--GSF γυνή-N3K-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--GPM χείρ-N3--GPF ὁ- A--GPF δύο-M θυγάτηρ-N3--GPF αὐτός- D--GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN φείδομαι-VA--AMN κύριος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM

17 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ἡνίκα-D ἐκἄγω-VBI-AAI3P αὐτός- D--APM ἔξω-D καί-C εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P σώζω-V1--PAPNSM σώζω-V1--PAD2S ὁ- A--ASF σεαυτοῦ- D--GSM ψυχή-N1--ASF μή-D περιβλέπω-VA--AAS2S εἰς-P ὁ- A--APN ὀπίσω-P μηδέ-C ἵστημι-VH--AAS2S ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DSF ὁ- A--DSF περίχωρος-A1B-DSF εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN ὄρος-N3E-ASN σώζω-V1--PMD2S μήποτε-D συν παραλαμβάνω-VV--APS2S

18 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *λωτ-N---NSM πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM δέομαι-V1--PMI1S κύριος-N2--VSM

19 ἐπειδή-C εὑρίσκω-VB--AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM παῖς-N3D-NSM σύ- P--GS ἔλεος-N3E-ASN ἐναντίον-P σύ- P--GS καί-C μεγαλύνω-VAI-AAI2S ὁ- A--ASF δικαιοσύνη-N1--ASF σύ- P--GS ὅς- --ASN ποιέω-V2--PAI2S ἐπί-P ἐγώ- P--AS ὁ- A--GSN ζάω-V3--PAN ὁ- A--ASF ψυχή-N1--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS ἐγώ- P--NS δέ-X οὐ-D δύναμαι-VF--FMI1S διασώζω-VC--APN εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN ὄρος-N3E-ASN μή-D καταλαμβάνω-VB--AAS3S ἐγώ- P--AS ὁ- A--NPN κακός-A1--NPN καί-C ἀποθνήσκω-VB--AAS1S

20 ἰδού-I ὁ- A--NSF πόλις-N3I-NSF οὗτος- D--NSF ἐγγύς-D ὁ- A--GSN καταφεύγω-VB--AAN ἐγώ- P--AS ἐκεῖ-D ὅς- --NSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S μικρός-A1A-NSF ἐκεῖ-D σώζω-VC--FPI1S οὐ-D μικρός-A1A-NSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S καί-C ζάω-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSF ψυχή-N1--NSF ἐγώ- P--GS

21 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM ἰδού-I θαυμάζω-VAI-AAI1S σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN καί-C ἐπί-P ὁ- A--DSN ῥῆμα-N3M-DSN οὗτος- D--DSN ὁ- A--GSN μή-D καταστρέφω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--ASF πόλις-N3I-ASF περί-P ὅς- --GSF λαλέω-VAI-AAI2S

22 σπεύδω-VA--AAD2S οὖν-X ὁ- A--GSN σώζω-VC--APN ἐκεῖ-D οὐ-D γάρ-X δύναμαι-VF--FMI1S ποιέω-VA--AAN πρᾶγμα-N3M-ASN ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSN σύ- P--AS εἰςἔρχομαι-VB--AAN ἐκεῖ-D διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN καλέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--GSF πόλις-N3I-GSF ἐκεῖνος- D--GSF *σηγωρ-N---AS

23 ὁ- A--NSM ἥλιος-N2--NSM ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF καί-C *λωτ-N---NSM εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S εἰς-P *σηγωρ-N---AS

24 καί-C κύριος-N2--NSM βρέχω-VAI-AAI3S ἐπί-P *σοδομα-N1--AS καί-C *γομορρα-N---AS θεῖος-A1A-ASM καί-C πῦρ-N3--ASN παρά-P κύριος-N2--GSM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM

25 καί-C καταστρέφω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--APF πόλις-N3I-APF οὗτος- D--APF καί-C πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὁ- A--ASF περίοικος-A1B-ASF καί-C πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM καταοἰκέω-V2--PAPAPM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF πόλις-N3I-DPF καί-C πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN ἀνατέλλω-V1--PAPAPN ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

26 καί-C ἐπιβλέπω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSF γυνή-N3K-NSF αὐτός- D--GSM εἰς-P ὁ- A--APN ὀπίσω-P καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S στήλη-N1--NSF ἅλς-N3--GSM

27 ὀρθρίζω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *αβρααμ-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASN πρωΐ-D εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM τόπος-N2--ASM οὗ-D ἵστημι-VXI-YAI3S ἐναντίον-P κύριος-N2--GSM

28 καί-C ἐπιβλέπω-VAI-AAI3S ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN *σοδομα-N1--GS καί-C *γομορρα-N---GS καί-C ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSF περίχωρος-A1B-GSF καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S καί-C ἰδού-I ἀναβαίνω-V1I-IAI3S φλόξ-N3G-NSF ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ὡσεί-D ἀτμίς-N3D-NSF κάμινος-N2--GSM

29 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἐκτρίβω-VA--AAN κύριος-N2--ASM πᾶς-A1S-APF ὁ- A--APF πόλις-N3I-APF ὁ- A--GSF περίοικος-A1B-GSF μιμνήσκω-VSI-API3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSM *αβρααμ-N---GSM καί-C ἐκ ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM *λωτ-N---ASM ἐκ-P μέσος-A1--GSM ὁ- A--GSF καταστροφή-N1--GSF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN καταστρέφω-VA--AAN κύριος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--APF πόλις-N3I-APF ἐν-P ὅς- --DPF καταοἰκέω-V2I-IAI3S ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DPF *λωτ-N---NSM

30 ἀναβαίνω-VZI-AAI3S δέ-X *λωτ-N---NSM ἐκ-P *σηγωρ-N---GS καί-C κάθημαι-V1I-IMI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ὄρος-N3E-DSN καί-C ὁ- A--NPF δύο-M θυγάτηρ-N3--NPF αὐτός- D--GSM μετά-P αὐτός- D--GSM φοβέω-VCI-API3S γάρ-X καταοἰκέω-VA--AAN ἐν-P *σηγωρ-N---DS καί-C οἰκέω-VAI-AAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN σπήλαιον-N2N-DSN αὐτός- D--NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NPF δύο-M θυγάτηρ-N3--NPF αὐτός- D--GSM μετά-P αὐτός- D--GSM

31 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X ὁ- A--NSF πρεσβύτερος-A1A-NSFC πρός-P ὁ- A--ASF νέος-A1A-ASFC ὁ- A--NSM πατήρ-N3--NSM ἐγώ- P--GP πρεσβύτερος-A1A-NSMC καί-C οὐδείς-A3--NSM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ὅς- --NSM εἰςἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AP ὡς-C καταἥκω-V1--PAI3S πᾶς-A1S-DSF ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF

32 δεῦρο-D καί-C ποτίζω-VA--AAS1P ὁ- A--ASM πατήρ-N3--ASM ἐγώ- P--GP οἶνος-N2--ASM καί-C κοιμάω-VC--APS1P μετά-P αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἐκ ἀναἵστημι-VA--AAS1P ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM ἐγώ- P--GP σπέρμα-N3M-ASN

33 ποτίζω-VAI-AAI3P δέ-X ὁ- A--ASM πατήρ-N3--ASM αὐτός- D--GPF οἶνος-N2--ASM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF νύξ-N3--DSF οὗτος- D--DSF καί-C εἰςἔρχομαι-VB--AAPNSF ὁ- A--NSF πρεσβύτερος-A1A-NSFC κοιμάω-VCI-API3S μετά-P ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM αὐτός- D--GSF ὁ- A--ASF νύξ-N3--ASF ἐκεῖνος- D--ASF καί-C οὐ-D οἶδα-VXI-YAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN κοιμάω-VC--APN αὐτός- D--ASF καί-C ἀναἵστημι-VH--AAN

34 γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S δέ-X ὁ- A--DSF ἐπαύριον-D καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSF πρεσβύτερος-A1A-NSFC πρός-P ὁ- A--ASF νέος-A1A-ASFC ἰδού-I κοιμάω-VCI-API1S χθές-D μετά-P ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM ἐγώ- P--GP ποτίζω-VA--AAS1P αὐτός- D--ASM οἶνος-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--ASF νύξ-N3--ASF οὗτος- D--ASF καί-C εἰςἔρχομαι-VB--AAPNSF κοιμάω-VC--APD2S μετά-P αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἐκ ἀναἵστημι-VA--AAS1P ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM ἐγώ- P--GP σπέρμα-N3M-ASN

35 ποτίζω-VAI-AAI3P δέ-X καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF νύξ-N3--DSF ἐκεῖνος- D--DSF ὁ- A--ASM πατήρ-N3--ASM αὐτός- D--GPM οἶνος-N2--ASM καί-C εἰςἔρχομαι-VB--AAPNSF ὁ- A--NSF νέος-A1A-NSFC κοιμάω-VCI-API3S μετά-P ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C οὐ-D οἶδα-VXI-YAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN κοιμάω-VC--APN αὐτός- D--ASF καί-C ἀναἵστημι-VH--AAN

36 καί-C συνλαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3P ὁ- A--NPF δύο-M θυγάτηρ-N3--NPF *λωτ-N---GSM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM αὐτός- D--GPF

37 καί-C τίκτω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSF πρεσβύτερος-A1A-NSFC υἱός-N2--ASM καί-C καλέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM *μωαβ-N---ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNSF ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM ἐγώ- P--GS οὗτος- D--NSM πατήρ-N3--NSM *μωάβιτος-N2--GPM ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSF σήμερον-D ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF

38 τίκτω-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X καί-C ὁ- A--NSF νέος-A1A-NSFC υἱός-N2--ASM καί-C καλέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM *αμμαν-N---ASM υἱός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSN γένος-N3E-GSN ἐγώ- P--GS οὗτος- D--NSM πατήρ-N3--NSM *αμμανίτης-N1M-GPM ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSF σήμερον-D ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF

   

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Arcana Coelestia #2371

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2371. 'And they said, Did not this one come to sojourn' means people with different teaching and a different life. This is clear from the meaning of 'sojourning' as receiving instruction and living, and so as doctrine and life, dealt with in 1463, 2025. Here the nature of the state of the Church around the last times is described, when faith is no more because charity is no more, that is to say, when the good of charity is rejected on doctrinal grounds as well, because it has severed all connection with life.

[2] The people described here are not those who falsify the good of charity by explaining things to their own advantage. They are not those who, so that they may be very great and may possess all the world's goods, make the good of charity the earner of merit. Nor are they those who assume the right to dispense rewards, and in so doing defile the good of charity by various devices and misleading means. Instead the subject is those who do not wish to hear anything about the goods of charity, that is, about good works, only about faith separated from those works. And this they wish to hear from the argument that man has nothing but evil within him and that even the good which springs from himself is in itself evil, and so contains nothing of salvation; and from the argument that no one can merit heaven by means of any good, nor accordingly be saved by it, only by means of a faith whereby they acknowledge the Lord's merit. This is the teaching which flourishes in the last times when the Church starts to breathe its last, and which is enthusiastically taught and favourably accepted.

[3] But to maintain from all this that anyone can lead an evil life and at the same time possess a faith that is good is a false conclusion. It is also a false conclusion to say that because man has nothing but evil within him, good from the Lord - which has heaven within it because it has the Lord within it, and blessedness and happiness within it because heaven is within it - cannot exist there. Finally it is a false conclusion to say that because nobody can merit [heaven] by any good, heavenly good from the Lord in which [self-] merit is regarded as something monstrous has no existence. Such good exists with every angel, such good exists with every regenerate person, and such good exists with those who perceive delight, and indeed blessedness, in good itself, that is, in the affection for it. The Lord speaks of this good or charity in the following way in Matthew,

You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy. [But] I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who hurt and persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? And if you salute only your brothers, what more are you doing [than others]? Do not even the tax-collectors do the same? Matthew 5:43-48

Similar words occur in Luke, with this addition,

Do good and lend, hoping for nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. Luke 6:27-36.

[4] Here good which is derived from the Lord is described and the fact that it does not carry any thought of repayment. Consequently people who are governed by that good are called 'sons of the Father who is in heaven', and 'sons of the Most High'. Yet because that good has the Lord within it there is also a reward: in Luke,

When you give a dinner or a supper, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your kinsmen or rich neighbours, lest perhaps they invite you back in return, and you are repaid. But when you give a feast invite the poor, the maimed, the blind, and you will be blessed, for they have nothing with which to repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just. 1 Luke 14:12-14.

'Dinner', 'supper', or 'feast' means the good that flows from charity, in which the Lord dwells together with man, 2341. Here it is described therefore, and it is plainly evident, that recompense lies within good itself since this has the Lord within it, for it is said that 'you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just'.

[5] People who strive to do good from themselves because the Lord has commanded it to be done are the ones who at length receive this good and who after receiving instruction then acknowledge in faith that all good comes from the Lord, 1712, 1937, 1947. And they are now so opposed to self-merit that they are saddened by the mere thought of merit and perceive that blessedness and happiness with them is that much diminished.

[6] It is quite different in the case of those who fail to do good and instead lead an evil life, while teaching and professing that salvation resides in faith separated from charity. These people are not even aware of the possibility of such good. And what is remarkable the same people in the next life, as I have been given to know from much experience, wish to merit heaven on the basis of all the good deeds they recall their having done, for they are now aware for the first time that no salvation lies in faith separated from charity. But these are the ones whom the Lord refers to in Matthew,

They will say to Me on that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by Your name, and by Your name cast out demons, and in Your name do many mighty works? But then will I declare to them, I do not know you; depart from Me, you workers of iniquity. Matthew 7:22-23.

With these people it is also seen that they had paid no attention at all to any one of the things which the Lord Himself taught so many times about the good that flows from love and charity. Instead those things had been to them like clouds sailing by or like things seen in the night, such as the things recorded in:

Matthew 3:8-9; 5:7-48; 6:1-20; 7:16-20, 24-27; 9:13; 12:33; 13:8, 23; 18:21-end; 19:19; 22:35-40; 24:12-13; 25:34-end;

Mark 4:18-20; 11:13-14, 20; 12:28-35;

Luke 3:8-9; 6:27-39, 43-end; 7:47; 8:8, 14-15; 10:25-28; 12:58-59; 13:6-10;

John 3:19, 21; 5:42; 13:34-35; 14:14-15, 20-21, 23; 15:1-8, 9-19; 21:15-17.

These then, and other things like them, are what were meant by the words 'the men of Sodom' - that is, those immersed in evil, 2220, 2246, 2322 - 'saying to Lot, Did not this one come to sojourn, and will he surely judge?' that is, Will people with different teaching and a different life teach us?

Fußnoten:

1. The Latin means the dead; but the Greek means the just, which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse.

  
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