Verses 1-7. Hereditary good nature will not avail for regeneration.

Verses 8-15. The character is not made spiritual by external worship.

Verses 14-15. The loss of self-confidence.

Verses 16-23. The soul must not remain in a state of falsified truths, but pass beyond them.

Verses 24-37. The destruction of the domination of self-love in the external mind.