2256、“使义人与恶人一同死亡，让义人与恶人一样”表示良善不能死亡，因为邪恶能与它分离。这从“义人”和“恶人”的含义清楚可知：“义人”是指良善；“恶人”是指邪恶（参看2250节）。因此，“使义人与恶人一同死亡”是指使良善与邪恶一同死亡。由于这些事不可以发生，并且只是想想就造成惊恐，所以内义就把它们放到一边，同时以这种观念来代替它们，即：良善不能死亡，因为邪恶能与它分离。
很少有人知道这个问题到底是怎么回事。要知道，人从婴孩或童年初期直到生命最后一刻所思所行的一切良善都会保留下来；这同样适用于一切邪恶，事实上，就连邪恶的最小粒子也完全不会消失。良善和邪恶两者都被刻在他的生命册（也就是他的两种记忆）上，并刻在他的本性或真我（也就是他的性格和性情）上。他从这良善和邪恶，或说从这种物质为自己形成一个生命，可以说形成一个灵魂；死后，这生命或灵魂的本质保持不变。但良善从不与邪恶混在一起，邪恶也从不与良善混在一起，以致它们无法分离；否则，这人必永远灭亡。主确保它们不会混在一起。当人进入来世时，如果他过着爱与仁之良善的生活，主就会将他的邪恶分离出去，并利用他里面的良善把他提入天堂。而另一方面，如果他过着邪恶的生活，也就是说，过着违背爱与仁的生活，主就会把他里面的良善过滤掉，他的邪恶便将他带入地狱。这就是每个人死后的命运。但这是一种分离，决不是完全除去。
此外，由于人的意愿，也就是他生命的一部分，已经完全毁掉，所以主将这毁掉的部分与另一部分，也就是他的理解力部分分开，并在那些正经历重生的人里面将仁之良善植入这理解力部分，再通过这理解力部分植入一个新意愿；他们就是那些有良心的人。一般来说，主也以同样的方式将邪恶与良善分离。这些就是“良善不能死亡，因为邪恶能与它分离”这句话在内义上所表示的奥秘。
Potts(1905-1910) 2256
2256. To cause the righteous to die with the wicked, that so the righteous be as the wicked. That this signifies that good cannot die, because evil can be separated from it, is evident from the signification of "righteous," as being good, and of "wicked," as being evil (see above, n. 2250). Hence to "cause the righteous to die with the wicked," is to make good die with evil. As this ought not to be done, and causes horror to think of, it is removed in the internal sense, and then there is presented this: that good cannot die, because evil can be separated from it. [2] How this matter stands, is known to few, if any. Be it known that all the good a man has thought and done from infancy even to the last of his life, remains; in like manner all the evil, so that not the least of it completely perishes. Both are inscribed on his book of life (that is, on each of his memories), and on his nature (that is, his native disposition and genius). From these he has formed for himself a life, and so to speak a soul, which after death is of a corresponding quality. But goods are never so commingled with evils, nor evils with goods, that they cannot be separated; for if they should be commingled, the man would eternally perish. In relation to this the Lord exercises His providence, and when a man comes into the other life, if he has lived in the good of love and of charity, the Lord then separates his evils, and by what is good with him elevates him into heaven. But if he has lived in evils, that is, in things contrary to love and charity, the Lord then separates from him what is good, and his evils bring him into hell. Such is the lot of everyone after death; but it is a separation, and in no wise a complete removal. [3] Moreover, as the will of man, which is the one part of his life, has been utterly destroyed, the Lord separates this destroyed part from the other which is his intellectual part, and in those who are being regenerated, implants in this intellectual part the good of charity, and through this a new will; these are they who have conscience. Thus also, speaking generally, the Lord separates evil from good. These are the arcana which are meant in the internal sense by the statement that good cannot die, because evil can be separated from it.
Elliott(1983-1999) 2256
2256. That 'as to make the righteous die with the wicked, so that the righteous will be as the wicked' means that good cannot die, because evil can be separated from it, is clear from the meaning of 'the righteous' as good and of 'the wicked' as evil, dealt with above in 2250. From this 'to make the righteous die with the wicked' means making good perish with evil; but because this ought never to be done, and also because the very thought of it evokes horror, it is removed in the internal sense, and the following is at the same time presented - that good cannot die, because evil can be separated from it.
[2] The implications of this particular matter are known to few, if any. It has to be recognized that all the good whatever that a person has thought and done from earliest childhood through to the very end of his life remains; and the same applies to all the evil, so much so that not even the least trace of it completely perishes. All that good and evil is written in his book of life, that is, in each of his memories,a and in his true self, that is, in his character and disposition. From that good and evil he has formed a life for himself and, so to speak, a soul, the essential nature of which remains unchanged after death. But goods are never so mixed up with evils, nor evils with goods, that they cannot be separated; for if they were so mixed a person would perish for ever. The Lord sees to it that they are not. If he has led a life abiding in the goods of love and charity, then when a person enters the next life the Lord separates the evils, and by means of the goods present with him raises him into heaven. But if he has led a life immersed in evils, that is to say, in things contrary to love and charity, the Lord separates the goods from him, and his evils carry him into hell. Such is the experience of everyone after death. But it is a separation and in no way a complete removal.
[3] What is more, because the will of man, which constitutes the one part of his life, has been utterly destroyed, the Lord separates that destroyed part from the other part, which is that of his understanding, and in this other part He implants - in the case of those who are being regenerated - the good of charity and through this a new will. These are they who have conscience. In the same manner also the Lord in general separates evil from good. Such are the arcana that are meant in the internal sense by the statement that good cannot die, because evil can be separated from it.
Latin(1748-1756) 2256
2256. Quod `ad mori faciendum justum cum impio, et sit sic justus sicut impius' significet quod bonum non mori possit quia malum inde separari potest, constat ex significatione `justi' quod sit bonum, ac `impii' quod sit malum, de qua supra n. 2250, inde `ad mori faciendum justum cum impio' est bonum cum malo; haec, quia fieri non debent, tum quia id cogitare horrorem facit, removentur in sensu interno, et tunc sistuntur haec, quod bonum non mori possit quia malum inde separari potest. [2] Quomodo haec se habent, paucis si ullis notum est; sciendum quod omne bonum quodcumque cogitavit et fecit homo ab infantia usque ad ultimum vitae ejus, remaneat; similiter omne malum adeo ut ne minimum ejus prorsus pereat; inscripta sunt ejus libro vitae, hoc est, ejus memoriae utrique, et ejus naturae, hoc est, ejus indoli et genio; ex illis vitam sibi formavit ac, ut ita dicatur, animam, quae talis [est] post mortem; sed bona nusquam commiscentur ita cum malis et mala cum bonis quin separari possint; si enim commiscerentur, periret homo in aeternum; hoc providet Dominus; cum homo in aeternum vitam venit, si in bonis amoris et charitatis vixit, tunc separat Dominus mala, et per bona apud eum elevat illum in caelum: si autem in malis vixit, nempe in contrariis amori et charitati, tunc separat Dominus bona ab illo, et mala eum ferunt in infernum; talis est sors cujusvis post mortem; sed est separatio, nusquam plenaria ablatio. [3] Praeterea etiam, quia voluntas hominis quae est altera pars vitae ejus, prorsus deperdita est, separat Dominus partem illam deperditam a parte altera quae intellectualis ejus, et in hoc bonum charitatis et per hoc novam voluntatem, apud illos qui regenerantur, implantat; hi sunt qui conscientiam habent; sic etiam Dominus in communi separat malum a bono: haec sunt arcana quae in sensu interno intellecta sunt per quod bonum non possit mori quia malum inde separari potest.