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創世記第4章:2

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2 又生了該隱兄弟亞伯亞伯是牧的;該隱是種地的。

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Arcana Coelestia#341

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341. Verse 2 And she bore again, his brother Abel. And Abel was a Shepherd of the flock, and Cain was a tiller of the ground.

The second born of the Church is charity, which is meant by 'Abel' and by 'brother. A shepherd of the flock' means one who practices good flowing from charity, while 'a tiller of the ground' means someone who, devoid of charity, acts from faith separated from love, which is not faith at all.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.