424# 有许多人在自己的职务中公正而忠信地行事；尽管他们如此施行仁义之工，内里却并不具有任何仁义。这样的人，是那些以爱自己和爱世界为主导的人，而不是以爱天堂为主导的人；即使爱天堂偶然也在他们里面，它也居于前二者之下，如仆人在主人之下，如普通士兵在长官之下，又如门房站在门口。
424# 有许多人在自己的职业中公义而忠实地行事，从而履行仁爱的作为或行为，然而自己里面却没有任何仁爱。在他们里面占主导地位的，是对自我和世界的爱，而不是对天堂的爱。即便对天堂的爱存在，它也在前一种爱之下，就像在主人手下的仆人，军官手下的士兵，或站在门口的门卫。
IX. 仁爱的善举是救济穷人，帮助有需要的人，但要谨慎
424. Many people behave justly and faithfully in their jobs, and yet although they are doing works of goodwill in this way, they still have no goodwill in themselves. Their love for themselves and for the world is in control rather than love for heaven. If love for heaven happens to be present at all, it is under their other loves like a slave under a master, like a foot soldier under a commander, like a doorkeeper standing by the door.
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424. There are many people who fairly and faithfully perform their duties, and although in this way they do the deeds of charity, yet possess no charity in themselves. These are the people in whom self-love and love of the world are dominant, not the love of heaven; or if this is present, it is subject to another love, like a slave under his master, or a common soldier under his officer, and it resembles a door-keeper standing in a doorway.
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424. There are many who act justly and faithfully in their occupation, and thus promote works of charity, and yet do not possess any charity in themselves. But in these the love of self and the world predominates, and not the love of heaven; or if, perchance, the love of heaven is present, it is beneath the former love, like a servant under his master, a common soldier under his officer, or a doorkeeper standing at the door.
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424. There are many who act justly and faithfully in their occupation, and although they perform there works of charity, yet have no charity in themselves. In them the love of self and the world predominates, and not the love of heaven. If, perchance, this love is also present, it is beneath the worldly and selfish love, like a servant under his master, a common soldier under his officer, or a porter standing at the door.
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424. Sunt multi, qui in sua functione juste et fideliter agunt, et tametsi Charitatis opera sic praestant, usque non aliquam Charitatem in se possident; sed hi sunt apud quos praedominatur amor sui et mundi, et non amor coeli, et si forte hic adest, est sub illo sicut servus sub suo Domino, ac sicut gregarius miles sub praefecto, et est sicut janitor stans in porta.