第三章 避恶如罪，方能从主行善
18# 人避恶如罪到什么程度，他从主——而非从自己——行善就到什么程度。
有谁不知道，恶会阻碍主进入人里面呢？因为恶就是地狱，主就是天国，地狱与天国彼此对立。因此，人在一方越深，在另一方就越浅；二者互相敌对，彼此毁灭。
Life18.谁不知道，或不能知道，邪恶阻止主进入人？因为邪恶是地狱，主是天堂，地狱与天堂是对立面。因此，一个人在这一个里面到何等程度，就在何等程度上无法在那一个里面；因为这一个会反对并摧毁那一个。
18. To the Extent That We Turn Our Backs on Evil Deeds Because They Are Sins, the Good Deeds We Do Come Not from Ourselves but from the Lord
IS there anyone who does not and cannot know that our evils stand in the way of the Lord's ability to come in to us? Evil is hell and the Lord is heaven, and hell and heaven are opposites; so to the extent that we are in one we cannot be in the other. One acts against the other and cancels it.
18. Insofar as a Person Refrains from Evils as Being Sins, So Far He Does Good, Not of Himself, but from the Lord
Who does not know, or who cannot know, that evils impede the Lord’s being able to enter a person? For evil embodies hell, and the Lord embodies heaven, and hell and heaven are opposed to each other. Insofar as a person is engaged in one, therefore, so far he cannot be engaged in the other. For one acts in opposition to the other and destroys it.
18. III. SO FAR AS A MAN SHUNS EVILS AS SINS, SO FAR HE DOES WHAT IS GOOD NOT FROM HIMSELF, BUT FROM THE LORD
Who does not know, or may not know, that evils prevent the Lord's entrance into man? For evil is hell, and the Lord is heaven, and hell and heaven are opposites; so far therefore as man is in one, so far he cannot be in the other; for one acts against and destroys the other.
18. IN PROPORTION AS A MAN SHUNS EVILS AS SINS, IN THE SAME PROPORTION HE DOES GOODS, NOT FROM HIMSELF BUT FROM THE LORD.
Who does not or may not know that evils stand in the way of the Lord's entrance to a man? For evil is hell, and the Lord is heaven, and hell and heaven are opposites. In proportion therefore as a man is in the one, in the same proportion he cannot be in the other. For the one acts against the other and destroys it.
18. (III.) QUOD QUANTUM HOMO FUGIT MALA UT PECCATA, TANTUM FACIAT BONA NON A SE, SED A DOMINO.
Quis non scit et scire potest, quod mala impediant, quin Dominus ad hominem intrare possit? Malum enim est infernum, et Dominus est caelum, ac infernum et caelum opposita sunt; quantum itaque homo est in uno, tantum non potest esse in altero; unum enim agit contra alterum, et destruit.