Verses 1-8. A General Summary.

Verses 9-18. The selection of right principles in the mind.

Verses 19-21. Invitation to enter upon the heavenly life.

Verses 22-25. A search into what constitutes the heavenly life.

Verses 26-40. The unwillingness of the unregenerate heart to enter upon it.

Verses 41-46. The attempt to do so from selfhood and defeat in temptation.

8012. 'And no uncircumcised person shall eat it' means that no one ruled by self-love and love of the world may be together with them. This is clear from the meaning of one who is 'uncircumcised' as one who is ruled by self-love and love of the world, dealt with in 2056, 3412, 3413, 7045; and from the meaning of 'eating it' - eating the Passover - as being together with them, dealt with above in 8001.