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Matthew 6

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1 προσεχετε G4337 G5720 V-PAM-2P [δε] G1161 CONJ την G3588 T-ASF δικαιοσυνην G1343 N-ASF υμων G5216 P-2GP μη G3361 P T-N ποιειν G4160 G5721 V-PAN εμπροσθεν G1715 P EP των G3588 T-GPM ανθρωπων G444 N-GPM προς G4314 P EP το G3588 T-ASN θεαθηναι G2300 G5683 V-APN αυτοις G846 P-DPM ει G1487 COND δε G1161 CONJ μη G3361 P T-N γε G1065 P T μισθον G3408 N-ASM ουκ G3756 P T-N εχετε G2192 G5719 V-PAI-2P παρα G3844 P EP τω G3588 T-DSM πατρι G3962 N-DSM υμων G5216 P-2GP τω G3588 T-DSM εν G1722 P EP τοις G3588 T-DPM ουρανοις G3772 N-DPM

2 οταν G3752 CONJ ουν G3767 CONJ ποιης G4160 G5725 V-PAS-2S ελεημοσυνην G1654 N-ASF μη G3361 P T-N σαλπισης G4537 G5661 V-AAS-2S εμπροσθεν G1715 P EP σου G4675 P-2GS ωσπερ G5618 ADV οι G3588 T-NPM υποκριται G5273 N-NPM ποιουσιν G4160 G5719 V-PAI-3P εν G1722 P EP ταις G3588 T-DPF συναγωγαις G4864 N-DPF και G2532 CONJ εν G1722 P EP ταις G3588 T-DPF ρυμαις G4505 N-DPF οπως G3704 ADV δοξασθωσιν G1392 G5686 V-APS-3P υπο G5259 P EP των G3588 T-GPM ανθρωπων G444 N-GPM αμην G281 HEB λεγω G3004 G5719 V-PAI-1S υμιν G5213 P-2DP απεχουσιν G568 G5719 V-PAI-3P τον G3588 T-ASM μισθον G3408 N-ASM αυτων G846 P-GPM

3 σου G4675 P-2GS δε G1161 CONJ ποιουντος G4160 G5723 V-PAP-GSM ελεημοσυνην G1654 N-ASF μη G3361 P T-N γνωτω G1097 G5628 V-2AAM-3S η G3588 T-NSF αριστερα G710 A-NSF σου G4675 P-2GS τι G5101 I-ASN ποιει G4160 G5719 V-PAI-3S η G3588 T-NSF δεξια G1188 A-NSF σου G4675 P-2GS

4 οπως G3704 ADV η G5600 G5753 V-PXS-3S σου G4675 P-2GS η G3588 T-NSF ελεημοσυνη G1654 N-NSF εν G1722 P EP τω G3588 T-DSN κρυπτω G2927 A-DSN και G2532 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM πατηρ G3962 N-NSM σου G4675 P-2GS ο G3588 T-NSM βλεπων G991 G5723 V-PAP-NSM εν G1722 P EP τω G3588 T-DSN κρυπτω G2927 A-DSN αποδωσει G591 G5692 V-FAI-3S σοι G4671 P-2DS

5 και G2532 CONJ οταν G3752 CONJ προσευχησθε G4336 G5741 V-PNS-2P ουκ G3756 P T-N εσεσθε G2071 G5704 V-FXI-2P ως G5613 ADV οι G3588 T-NPM υποκριται G5273 N-NPM οτι G3754 CONJ φιλουσιν G5368 G5719 V-PAI-3P εν G1722 P EP ταις G3588 T-DPF συναγωγαις G4864 N-DPF και G2532 CONJ εν G1722 P EP ταις G3588 T-DPF γωνιαις G1137 N-DPF των G3588 T-GPF πλατειων G4113 N-GPF εστωτες G2476 G5761 V- AP-NPM προσευχεσθαι G4336 G5738 V-PNN οπως G3704 ADV φανωσιν G5316 G5652 V-2APS-3P τοις G3588 T-DPM ανθρωποις G444 N-DPM αμην G281 HEB λεγω G3004 G5719 V-PAI-1S υμιν G5213 P-2DP απεχουσιν G568 G5719 V-PAI-3P τον G3588 T-ASM μισθον G3408 N-ASM αυτων G846 P-GPM

6 συ G4771 P-2NS δε G1161 CONJ οταν G3752 CONJ προσευχη G4336 G5741 V-PNS-2S εισελθε G1525 G5628 V-2AAM-2S εις G1519 P EP το G3588 T-ASN ταμειον G5009 N-NSN σου G4675 P-2GS και G2532 CONJ κλεισας G2808 G5660 V-AAP-NSM την G3588 T-ASF θυραν G2374 N-ASF σου G4675 P-2GS προσευξαι G4336 G5663 V-ADM-2S τω G3588 T-DSM πατρι G3962 N-DSM σου G4675 P-2GS τω G3588 T-DSM εν G1722 P EP τω G3588 T-DSN κρυπτω G2927 A-DSN και G2532 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM πατηρ G3962 N-NSM σου G4675 P-2GS ο G3588 T-NSM βλεπων G991 G5723 V-PAP-NSM εν G1722 P EP τω G3588 T-DSN κρυπτω G2927 A-DSN αποδωσει G591 G5692 V-FAI-3S σοι G4671 P-2DS

7 προσευχομενοι G4336 G5740 V-PNP-NPM δε G1161 CONJ μη G3361 P T-N βατταλογησητε G945 G5661 V-AAS-2P ωσπερ G5618 ADV οι G3588 T-NPM εθνικοι G1482 A-NPM δοκουσιν G1380 G5719 V-PAI-3P γαρ G1063 CONJ οτι G3754 CONJ εν G1722 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF πολυλογια G4180 N-DSF αυτων G846 P-GPM εισακουσθησονται G1522 G5701 V-FPI-3P

8 μη G3361 P T-N ουν G3767 CONJ ομοιωθητε G3666 G5686 V-APS-2P αυτοις G846 P-DPM οιδεν G1492 G5758 V- AI-3S γαρ G1063 CONJ {VA 1: [ο G3588 T-NSM θεος] G2316 N-NSM } ο G3588 T-NSM πατηρ G3962 N-NSM υμων G5216 P-2GP ων G3739 -GPN χρειαν G5532 N-ASF εχετε G2192 G5719 V-PAI-2P προ G4253 P EP του G3588 T-GSM υμας G5209 P-2AP αιτησαι G154 G5658 V-AAN αυτον G846 P-ASM

9 ουτως G3779 ADV ουν G3767 CONJ προσευχεσθε G4336 G5737 V-PNM-2P υμεις G5210 P-2NP πατερ G3962 N-VSM ημων G2257 P-1GP ο G3588 T-NSM εν G1722 P EP τοις G3588 T-DPM ουρανοις G3772 N-DPM αγιασθητω G37 G5682 V-APM-3S το G3588 T-NSN ονομα G3686 N-NSN σου G4675 P-2GS

10 ελθετω G2064 G5628 V-2AAM-3S η G3588 T-NSF βασιλεια G932 N-NSF σου G4675 P-2GS γενηθητω G1096 G5676 V-AOM-3S το G3588 T-NSN θελημα G2307 N-NSN σου G4675 P-2GS ως G5613 ADV εν G1722 P EP ουρανω G3772 N-DSM και G2532 CONJ επι G1909 P EP γης G1093 N-GSF

11 τον G3588 T-ASM αρτον G740 N-ASM ημων G2257 P-1GP τον G3588 T-ASM επιουσιον G1967 A-ASM δος G1325 G5628 V-2AAM-2S ημιν G2254 P-1DP σημερον G4594 ADV

12 και G2532 CONJ αφες G863 G5628 V-2AAM-2S ημιν G2254 P-1DP τα G3588 T-APN οφειληματα G3783 N-APN ημων G2257 P-1GP ως G5613 ADV και G2532 CONJ ημεις G2249 P-1NP αφηκαμεν G863 G5656 V-AAI-1S τοις G3588 T-DPM οφειλεταις G3781 N-DPM ημων G2257 P-1GP

13 και G2532 CONJ μη G3361 P T-N εισενεγκης G1533 G5661 V-AAS-2S ημας G2248 P-1AP εις G1519 P EP πειρασμον G3986 N-ASM αλλα G235 CONJ ρυσαι G4506 G5663 V-ADM-2S ημας G2248 P-1AP απο G575 P EP του G3588 T-GSM πονηρου G4190 A-GSM

14 εαν G1437 COND γαρ G1063 CONJ αφητε G863 G5632 V-2AAS-2P τοις G3588 T-DPM ανθρωποις G444 N-DPM τα G3588 T-APN παραπτωματα G3900 N-APN αυτων G846 P-GPM αφησει G863 G5692 V-FAI-3S και G2532 CONJ υμιν G5213 P-2DP ο G3588 T-NSM πατηρ G3962 N-NSM υμων G5216 P-2GP ο G3588 T-NSM ουρανιος G3770 A-NSM

15 εαν G1437 COND δε G1161 CONJ μη G3361 P T-N αφητε G863 G5632 V-2AAS-2P τοις G3588 T-DPM ανθρωποις G444 N-DPM {VA 1: [τα G3588 T-APN παραπτωματα G3900 N-APN αυτων] G846 P-GPM } ουδε G3761 ADV ο G3588 T-NSM πατηρ G3962 N-NSM υμων G5216 P-2GP αφησει G863 G5692 V-FAI-3S τα G3588 T-APN παραπτωματα G3900 N-APN υμων G5216 P-2GP

16 οταν G3752 CONJ δε G1161 CONJ νηστευητε G3522 G5725 V-PAS-2P μη G3361 P T-N γινεσθε G1096 G5737 V-PNM-2P ως G5613 ADV οι G3588 T-NPM υποκριται G5273 N-NPM σκυθρωποι G4659 A-NPM αφανιζουσιν G853 G5719 V-PAI-3P γαρ G1063 CONJ τα G3588 T-APN προσωπα G4383 N-APN αυτων G846 P-GPM οπως G3704 ADV φανωσιν G5316 G5652 V-2APS-3P τοις G3588 T-DPM ανθρωποις G444 N-DPM νηστευοντες G3522 G5723 V-PAP-NPM αμην G281 HEB λεγω G3004 G5719 V-PAI-1S υμιν G5213 P-2DP απεχουσιν G568 G5719 V-PAI-3P τον G3588 T-ASM μισθον G3408 N-ASM αυτων G846 P-GPM

17 συ G4771 P-2NS δε G1161 CONJ νηστευων G3522 G5723 V-PAP-NSM αλειψαι G218 G5669 V-AMM-2S σου G4675 P-2GS την G3588 T-ASF κεφαλην G2776 N-ASF και G2532 CONJ το G3588 T-ASN προσωπον G4383 N-ASN σου G4675 P-2GS νιψαι G3538 G5669 V-AMM-2S

18 οπως G3704 ADV μη G3361 P T-N φανης G5316 G5652 V-2APS-2S τοις G3588 T-DPM ανθρωποις G444 N-DPM νηστευων G3522 G5723 V-PAP-NSM αλλα G235 CONJ τω G3588 T-DSM πατρι G3962 N-DSM σου G4675 P-2GS τω G3588 T-DSM εν G1722 P EP τω G3588 T-DSN κρυφαιω G2927 A-DSN και G2532 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM πατηρ G3962 N-NSM σου G4675 P-2GS ο G3588 T-NSM βλεπων G991 G5723 V-PAP-NSM εν G1722 P EP τω G3588 T-DSN κρυφαιω G2927 A-DSN αποδωσει G591 G5692 V-FAI-3S σοι G4671 P-2DS

19 μη G3361 P T-N θησαυριζετε G2343 G5720 V-PAM-2P υμιν G5213 P-2DP θησαυρους G2344 N-APM επι G1909 P EP της G3588 T-GSF γης G1093 N-GSF οπου G3699 ADV σης G4597 N-NSM και G2532 CONJ βρωσις G1035 N-NSF αφανιζει G853 G5719 V-PAI-3S και G2532 CONJ οπου G3699 ADV κλεπται G2812 N-NPM διορυσσουσιν G1358 G5719 V-PAI-3P και G2532 CONJ κλεπτουσιν G2813 G5719 V-PAI-3P

20 θησαυριζετε G2343 G5720 V-PAM-2P δε G1161 CONJ υμιν G5213 P-2DP θησαυρους G2344 N-APM εν G1722 P EP ουρανω G3772 N-DSM οπου G3699 ADV ουτε G3777 CONJ σης G4597 N-NSM ουτε G3777 CONJ βρωσις G1035 N-NSF αφανιζει G853 G5719 V-PAI-3S και G2532 CONJ οπου G3699 ADV κλεπται G2812 N-NPM ου G3756 P T-N διορυσσουσιν G1358 G5719 V-PAI-3P ουδε G3761 ADV κλεπτουσιν G2813 G5719 V-PAI-3P

21 οπου G3699 ADV γαρ G1063 CONJ εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM θησαυρος G2344 N-NSM σου G4675 P-2GS εκει G1563 ADV εσται G2071 G5704 V-FXI-3S {VA 1: [και] G2532 CONJ } {VA 2: και G2532 CONJ } η G3588 T-NSF καρδια G2588 N-NSF σου G4675 P-2GS

22 ο G3588 T-NSM λυχνος G3088 N-NSM του G3588 T-GSN σωματος G4983 N-GSN εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM οφθαλμος G3788 N-NSM εαν G1437 COND ουν G3767 CONJ η G5600 G5753 V-PXS-3S ο G3588 T-NSM οφθαλμος G3788 N-NSM σου G4675 P-2GS απλους G573 A-NSM ολον G3650 A-NSN το G3588 T-NSN σωμα G4983 N-NSN σου G4675 P-2GS φωτεινον G5460 A-NSN εσται G2071 G5704 V-FXI-3S

23 εαν G1437 COND δε G1161 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM οφθαλμος G3788 N-NSM σου G4675 P-2GS πονηρος G4190 A-NSM η G5600 G5753 V-PXS-3S ολον G3650 A-NSN το G3588 T-NSN σωμα G4983 N-NSN σου G4675 P-2GS σκοτεινον G4652 A-NSN εσται G2071 G5704 V-FXI-3S ει G1487 COND ουν G3767 CONJ το G3588 T-NSN φως G5457 N-NSN το G3588 T-NSN εν G1722 P EP σοι G4671 P-2DS σκοτος G4655 N-NSN εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S το G3588 T-NSN σκοτος G4655 N-NSN ποσον G4214 Q-NSN

24 ουδεις G3762 A-NSM δυναται G1410 G5736 V-PNI-3S δυσιν G1417 A-DPM κυριοις G2962 N-DPM δουλευειν G1398 G5721 V-PAN η G2228 P T γαρ G1063 CONJ τον G3588 T-ASM ενα G1520 A-ASM μισησει G3404 G5692 V-FAI-3S και G2532 CONJ τον G3588 T-ASM ετερον G2087 A-ASM αγαπησει G25 G5692 V-FAI-3S η G2228 P T ενος G1520 A-GSM ανθεξεται G472 G5695 V-FDI-3S και G2532 CONJ του G3588 T-GSM ετερου G2087 A-GSM καταφρονησει G2706 G5692 V-FAI-3S ου G3756 P T-N δυνασθε G1410 G5736 V-PNI-2P θεω G2316 N-DSM δουλευειν G1398 G5721 V-PAN και G2532 CONJ μαμωνα G3126 N-DSN

25 δια G1223 P EP τουτο G5124 D-ASN λεγω G3004 G5719 V-PAI-1S υμιν G5213 P-2DP μη G3361 P T-N μεριμνατε G3309 G5720 V-PAM-2P τη G3588 T-DSF ψυχη G5590 N-DSF υμων G5216 P-2GP τι G5101 I-ASN φαγητε G5315 G5632 V-2AAS-2P [η G3588 T-NSF τι G5101 I-ASN πιητε] G4095 G5632 V-2AAS-2P μηδε G3366 CONJ τω G3588 T-DSN σωματι G4983 N-DSN υμων G5216 P-2GP τι G5101 I-ASN ενδυσησθε G1746 G5672 V-AMS-2P ουχι G3780 P T-I η G3588 T-NSF ψυχη G5590 N-NSF πλειον G4119 A-NSN-C εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S της G3588 T-GSF τροφης G5160 N-GSF και G2532 CONJ το G3588 T-NSN σωμα G4983 N-NSN του G3588 T-GSN ενδυματος G1742 N-GSN

26 εμβλεψατε G1689 G5657 V-AAM-2P εις G1519 P EP τα G3588 T-APN πετεινα G4071 N-APN του G3588 T-GSM ουρανου G3772 N-GSM οτι G3754 CONJ ου G3756 P T-N σπειρουσιν G4687 G5719 V-PAI-3P ουδε G3761 ADV θεριζουσιν G2325 G5719 V-PAI-3P ουδε G3761 ADV συναγουσιν G4863 G5719 V-PAI-3P εις G1519 P EP αποθηκας G596 N-APF και G2532 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM πατηρ G3962 N-NSM υμων G5216 P-2GP ο G3588 T-NSM ουρανιος G3770 A-NSM τρεφει G5142 G5719 V-PAI-3S αυτα G846 P-APN ουχ G3756 P T-N υμεις G5210 P-2NP μαλλον G3123 ADV διαφερετε G1308 G5719 V-PAI-2P αυτων G846 P-GPN

27 τις G5101 I-NSM δε G1161 CONJ εξ G1537 P EP υμων G5216 P-2GP μεριμνων G3309 G5723 V-PAP-NSM δυναται G1410 G5736 V-PNI-3S προσθειναι G4369 G5629 V-2AAN επι G1909 P EP την G3588 T-ASF ηλικιαν G2244 N-ASF αυτου G846 P-GSM πηχυν G4083 N-ASM ενα G1520 A-ASM

28 και G2532 CONJ περι G4012 P EP ενδυματος G1742 N-GSN τι G5101 I-ASN μεριμνατε G3309 G5720 V-PAM-2P καταμαθετε G2648 G5628 V-2AAM-2P τα G3588 T-APN κρινα G2918 N-APN του G3588 T-GSM αγρου G68 N-GSM πως G4459 ADV αυξανουσιν G837 G5719 V-PAI-3P ου G3756 P T-N κοπιωσιν G2872 G5719 V-PAI-3P ουδε G3761 ADV νηθουσιν G3514 G5719 V-PAI-3P

29 λεγω G3004 G5719 V-PAI-1S δε G1161 CONJ υμιν G5213 P-2DP οτι G3754 CONJ ουδε G3761 ADV σολομων G4672 N-NSM εν G1722 P EP παση G3956 A-DSF τη G3588 T-DSF δοξη G1391 N-DSF αυτου G846 P-GSM περιεβαλετο G4016 G5639 V-2AMI-3S ως G5613 ADV εν G1520 A-ASN τουτων G5130 D-GPN

30 ει G1487 COND δε G1161 CONJ τον G3588 T-ASM χορτον G5528 N-ASM του G3588 T-GSM αγρου G68 N-GSM σημερον G4594 ADV οντα G5607 G5752 V-PXP-ASM και G2532 CONJ αυριον G839 ADV εις G1519 P EP κλιβανον G2823 N-ASM βαλλομενον G906 G5746 V-PPP-ASM ο G3588 T-NSM θεος G2316 N-NSM ουτως G3779 ADV αμφιεννυσιν G294 G5719 V-PAI-3S ου G3756 P T-N πολλω G4183 A-DSN μαλλον G3123 ADV υμας G5209 P-2AP ολιγοπιστοι G3640 A-VPM

31 μη G3361 P T-N ουν G3767 CONJ μεριμνησητε G3309 G5661 V-AAS-2P λεγοντες G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NPM τι G5101 I-ASN φαγωμεν G5315 G5632 V-2AAS-1P η G2228 P T τι G5101 I-ASN πιωμεν G4095 G5632 V-2AAS-1P η G2228 P T τι G5101 I-ASN περιβαλωμεθα G4016 G5643 V-2AMS-1P

32 παντα G3956 A-APN γαρ G1063 CONJ ταυτα G5023 D-APN τα G3588 T-NPN εθνη G1484 N-NPN επιζητουσιν G1934 G5719 V-PAI-3P οιδεν G1492 G5758 V- AI-3S γαρ G1063 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM πατηρ G3962 N-NSM υμων G5216 P-2GP ο G3588 T-NSM ουρανιος G3770 A-NSM οτι G3754 CONJ χρηζετε G5535 G5719 V-PAI-2P τουτων G5130 D-GPN απαντων G537 A-GPN

33 ζητειτε G2212 G5720 V-PAM-2P δε G1161 CONJ πρωτον G4412 ADV την G3588 T-ASF βασιλειαν G932 N-ASF {VA 2: [του G3588 T-GSM θεου] G2316 N-GSM } και G2532 CONJ την G3588 T-ASF δικαιοσυνην G1343 N-ASF αυτου G846 P-GSM και G2532 CONJ ταυτα G5023 D-NPN παντα G3956 A-NPN προστεθησεται G4369 G5701 V-FPI-3S υμιν G5213 P-2DP

34 μη G3361 P T-N ουν G3767 CONJ μεριμνησητε G3309 G5661 V-AAS-2P εις G1519 P EP την G3588 T-ASF αυριον G839 ADV η G3588 T-NSF γαρ G1063 CONJ αυριον G839 ADV μεριμνησει G3309 G5692 V-FAI-3S εαυτης G1438 F-3GSF αρκετον G713 A-NSN τη G3588 T-DSF ημερα G2250 N-DSF η G3588 T-NSF κακια G2549 N-NSF αυτης G846 P-GSF

   

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Apocalypse Explained #1153

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1153. And fine flour and wheat signifies profaned worship from truths and goods that are from a spiritual origin. This is evident from the signification of "fine flour," as being truth from a spiritual origin (of which presently); also from the signification of "wheat," as being good from a spiritual origin (See n. 374, 375). These also signify worship because the meal offering was composed of them, which was offered with the sacrifices upon the altar the same as the wine and the oil; for the meal offerings were prepared with oil and the drink offerings with wine. And because of the crops of these they had rejoicings in festivals which were instituted to celebrate their harvests. "Fine flour" signifies truth from spiritual good because it is prepared from wheat, which signifies spiritual good, as truth comes from good.

[2] As this truth of the church was signified by "fine flour," it was prescribed what quantity of it should be used in the cakes that were called the meal offerings, which were offered with the sacrifices upon the altar (respecting which see Exodus 29; Leviticus 5 - Leviticus 7, 23; Numbers 18, 28, 29); also the quantity of fine flour in the show bread (Leviticus 23:17; 24:5); for it was commanded that the meal offering that was to be offered on the altar should be prepared from fine flour, and oil and frankincense poured thereon (Leviticus 2:1). Because of this signification of "fine flour," when Abraham talked with the three angels he said to Sarah his wife:

Hasten, knead three measures of flour, of fine flour, and make cakes (Genesis 18:6).

[3] "Fine flour" also signifies the truth of good from a spiritual origin in Ezekiel:

Thou didst eat fine flour, honey, and oil, whence thou didst become exceeding beautiful, and didst prosper even to a kingdom. My bread which I gave thee, fine flour, honey, and oil, with which I fed thee, thou didst offer before idols as an odor of rest (Ezekiel 16:13, 19).

This is said of Jerusalem, which signifies the church as to doctrine, and in that chapter is described what it had been in its beginning and what it became afterwards. "Fine flour and oil" signify truth and good from a spiritual origin, and "honey" good from a natural origin. "Thou didst become exceeding beautiful" signifies to be intelligent and wise; "to prosper even to a kingdom" signifies even to becoming a church, "kingdom" being the church; "to offer these to idols as an odor of rest" signifies the idolatrous worship into which the true worship of the church was afterwards changed.

[4] But "flour" from barley signifies truth from a natural origin, for "barley" signifies natural good, as "wheat" signifies spiritual good. Thus in Isaiah:

Take the millstone and grind flour, make thyself bare (Isaiah 47:2).

This is said of Babylon. "To take a millstone and grind flour" signifies to falsify the truths of the Word, and "to make oneself bare" signifies to adulterate the goods of the Word. In Hosea:

They sow the wind and they reap the whirlwind; he hath no standing corn, the blade shall yield no flour; and if perchance it do, strangers shall devour it (Hosea 8:7).

Here, too, "flour" signifies truth from a natural origin.

(Continuation respecting the Athanasian Faith)

[5] 5. The fifth law of the Divine providence is, That from sense and perception in himself man cannot know how good and truth flow in from the Lord, and how evil and falsity flow in from hell; nor can he see how the Divine providence operates in favor of good against evil; if he did he could not act from freedom according to reason as if from himself. It is sufficient for him to know and acknowledge this from the Word and from the doctrine of the church. This is what is meant by the Lord's words in John:

The wind bloweth where it willeth, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh or whither it goeth; so is everyone that is born of the spirit (John 3:8).

Also by these words in Mark:

The kingdom of God is like a man that casteth seed upon the earth and then sleepeth and riseth night and day; but the seed springeth up and groweth up when he knows it not, for the earth beareth fruit of herself, first the blade, then the ear, at length the full corn in the ear; and when the fruit is produced, he putteth in the sickle because the harvest is at hand (Mark 4:26, 29).

[6] Man does not perceive the operation of the Divine providence within him, because that would take away his freedom, and thus his ability to think as if of himself, and with it every delight of life; thus man would be like an automaton, in which there is no reciprocal, and by that, conjunction; also he would be a slave and not free. The Divine providence moves so secretly that scarcely a trace of it is seen, although it acts upon the most minute things of man's thought and will, which regard his eternal state, chiefly for the reason that the Lord continually wills to impress His love on man, and through it his wisdom, and thus create him into His image. Consequently the operation of the Lord is into man's love and from that into his understanding, and not the reverse. Love with its affections, which are manifold and innumerable, is perceived by man only by a most general feeling, and thus so slightly that there is scarcely anything of it; and yet that man may be reformed and saved he must be led from one affection of love into another according to their connection from order, a thing that no man and even no angel can at all comprehend.

[7] If a man should learn anything of these arcana, he could not be withheld from leading himself; and in this he would be continually led from heaven into hell, while the Lord's leading is continually from hell towards heaven. For from himself man constantly acts against order, while the Lord acts constantly according to order; for man, from the nature derived from his parents, is in the love of self and the love of the world, and consequently perceives from a feeling of delight everything belonging to those loves as good; nevertheless, those loves as ends must be removed; and this is done by the Lord in infinite ways, that appear like a labyrinth even before the angels of the third heaven.

[8] All this makes clear that man would find no help at all in knowing anything about this from sense or perception, but it would do him harm instead, and would destroy him forever. It is sufficient for man to know truths, and by means of truths to know what is good and what is evil, and to acknowledge the Lord and His Divine auspices in every least thing. Then so far as he knows truths, and by means of them what is good and evil, and does what is good as if from himself, so far the Lord leads him from love into wisdom, conjoining love to wisdom and wisdom to love, and making them to be one, because they are one in Himself. These ways by which the Lord leads man may be compared to the vessels through which the blood in man courses and circulates, also the fibers and their foldings within and without the viscera of the body, especially in the brain, through which the animal spirit flows and gives life.

[9] How all these things flow in and flow through, man knows nothing; and yet he lives if only he knows what he needs to do and does it. But the ways by which the Lord leads man are far more complicated and inexplicable, both those by which the Lord leads man through the societies of hell and away from them, and also those by which he leads him through the societies of heaven and interiorly into them. This, therefore, is what is meant by "the wind bloweth where it willeth, and thou knowest not whence it cometh and whither it goeth" (John 3:8), also by "the seed springeth up and groweth up, the man knoweth not how" (Mark 4:27). Moreover, of what consequence is it for a man to know how seed grows up, provided he knows how to plow and harrow the land, to sow the seed, and when he reaps his harvest to bless God?

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.