125# “你务要忠信至死”表示在真理上坚定到底。这是显而易见的,无需解释。经上说“至死”,是因为一个人在死亡时是什么样,就永远是什么样;以前所过的生活只是他的灵形成的生活(关于这个事实,许多东西可参看《天堂与地狱》,470–484节)。
125. Be thou faithful unto death. That this signifies continuance in truths to the end, is evident without explanation. It is said, unto death, because such as a man is when he dies, such he remains to eternity; the life which he before lived is only the life of the formation of his spirit (concerning which fact many things may be seen in the work, Heaven and Hell 470-484).
125. Be thou faithful even till death, signifies steadfastness in truths to the end. This is evident without explanation. It is said "even till death," because such as man is when he dies, such he remains to eternity; the life previously lived is only the life for the formation of his spirit (of which see many things in the work on Heaven and Hell 470-484).
125. "Esto fidelis usque ad mortem." - Quod significet permanentiam in veris ad finem, constat absque explicatione: dicitur "usque ad mortem", quia qualis homo est cum moritur, talis manet in aeternum; Vita anteacta est modo vita formationis spiritus ejus (de qua re videantur plura in opere De Caelo et Inferno 470-484).