Verses 1-4. This whole chapter concerns the re-ordination and re-arrangement of the states of the man of the church by the Lord after states of evil and temptation. The first four verses indicate that this takes place according to Divine Truth and Divine Good, from states of intelligence as to truth to states of the love of good, and includes all who can engage in the conflicts of temptation.

Verses 5-11. The derivations and quality as to good and truth are described of faith in the understanding;

Verses 12-14. of faith in the will, or obedience;

Verses 15-18. of good works;

Verses 19-22. of celestial love;

Verses 23-25. of celestial conjugial love;

Verses 26, 27. of the heavenly marriage;

Verses 28-34. of the celestial of the spiritual, or of charity generally, as to the new will of good,

Verses 38-41. and as to the new understanding of truth.

Verses 35-37; of the life of truth from good in the natural man;

Verses 42-43. of the affirmation of truth;

Verses 44-47. of natural delight;

Verses 48-50. of the resistance of the natural man to evil in temptations;

Verse 51. and of the church in general.

Verses 52-56. It is according to Divine Providence that every one should be in his own good.

Verses 57-65. Concerning the derivations and quality of charity and love in particular.