Arcana Coelestia #9445
9445. No person left to himself is able to do what is good or think what is true; he can do so only with the Lord's help, as is clear in John,
Man cannot receive 1 anything unless it is given him from heaven. John 3:27.
He who abides in Me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for without Me you can do nothing. John 15:5.
From this it is evident that no one can draw another away from sins, that is, forgive them, except the Lord alone.
Voetnoten:
1. The Latin means do but the Greek means receive, which Swedenborg has in most other places where he quotes this verse.
