目录
三、一个人避恶如罪到何等程度，就在何等程度上不是从自己，而是从神行善
七、各种杀人、奸淫、偷盗、作假见证，以及对这些事的贪恋，就是必须避之如罪的邪恶
八、任何人避各种杀人如罪到何等程度，就在何等程度上拥有对邻之爱
十一、任何人避各种假见证如罪到何等程度，就在何等程度上热爱真理
十二、没有人能避恶如罪，以至于从内心厌恶它们，除非与它们争战
十四、任何人若避开邪恶是为了其它原因，而不是因为它们是罪，就没有避开它们，只是防止它们出现在世人面前
The Doctrine of Life for the New Jerusalem, Founded on the Precepts of the Decalogue.
by Emanuel Swedenborg
(First published 1763)
Translator’s Table of Contents:
- Every Religion Is a Way of Life, and Its Life Is the Doing of Good, 1
- No One Can of Himself Do Good That Is Good, 9
- Insofar as a Person Refrains from Evils as Being Sins, So Far He Does Good, Not of Himself, but from the Lord, 18
1. If a person wills and does good before he refrains from evils as being sins, the good that he does is not good. 24
2. If a person thinks and speaks piously, and does not refrain from evils as being sins, his pious thoughts and words are not pious. 25
3. If a person gains much knowledge and wisdom, and does not refrain from evils as being sins, he is still not wise. 27
- Insofar as Someone Refrains from Evils as Being Sins, So Far He Loves Truths, 32
- Insofar as Someone Refrains from Evils as Being Sins, So Far He Has Faith and Is Spiritual, 42
- The Ten Commandments Tell Us What Evils Are Sins, 53
- Every Form of Murder, Adultery, Theft, or False Witness, Including Every Urge to Commit Them, Is an Evil Which Must Be Refrained from as Being a Sin, 62
- Insofar as Someone Refrains from Every Form of Murder as a Sin, So Far He Has Love for the Neighbor, 67
- Insofar as Someone Refrains from Every Form of Adultery as Being a Sin, So Far He Loves Chastity, 74
- Insofar as Someone Refrains from Every Form of Stealing as Being a Sin, So Far He Loves Honesty, 80
- Insofar as Someone Refrains from Every Form of False Witness as Being a Sin, So Far He Loves Truth, 87
- No One Can Refrain from Evils as Being Sins So as to Turn Away from Them Inwardly Except by Battles Against Them, 92
- A Person Must Refrain from Evils as Being Sins and Fight Against Them as Though of Himself, 101
- If Someone Refrains from Evils for Any Other Reason Than That They Are Sins, He Does Not Really Refrain from Them, but Only Keeps Them from Being Seen by the World, 108