809. Verse 10. If any one leadeth into captivity, he shall go into captivity: if any one killeth with the sword, he must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
"If any one leadeth into captivity, he shall go into captivity," signifies, that those who have shut out others from truths, are shut out from the Divine truths contained in the Word; "if any one killeth with the sword, he must be killed with the sword," signifies, that those who have imbued others with falsities, are imbued with falsities from hell. "Here is the patience and the faith of the saints," signifies, that hence comes temptation, and afterwards, by this means, the implantation of truth in those who are made spiritual by the Lord.
