3476.由此可知圣言是何情形。因为主将圣言赐予人类，也赐予天使，好叫他们可以藉着圣言与祂同在。事实上，圣言是将地与天，并通过天堂与主联结起来的媒介。圣言的字义将人类与第一层天联结起来。由于字义含有论述主国度的内义在里面，而内义又含有论述主的至高意义在里面；还由于这些意义照次序一个在另一个里面，故明显可知藉着圣言与联结的性质是什么。
Potts(1905-1910) 3476
3476. From all this men may know how the case is with the Word; for the Word has been given by the Lord to man and also to the angels in order that by it they may be with Him; for the Word is the medium that unites earth with heaven, and through heaven with the Lord. Its literal sense is that which unites man with the first heaven; and as within the literal there is an internal sense which treats of the Lord's kingdom, and within this a supreme sense which treats of the Lord; and as these senses are in order one within another, it is evident what is the nature of the union with the Lord that is effected by means of the Word.
Elliott(1983-1999) 3476
3476. From this one may now see what the situation is with the Word; for the Lord has given the Word to mankind, and also to angels, so that by means of it they may be with Him. Indeed the Word is the means by which earth is united to heaven, and heaven to the Lord, its literal sense being that which unites mankind to the first heaven. Now seeing that the literal sense holds within itself the internal sense, the subject of which is the Lord's kingdom, and the latter holds the highest sense, the subject of which is the Lord; and seeing that these senses exist in order one within the next, it is evident what the union with the Lord by means of the Word is like.
Latin(1748-1756) 3476
3476. Inde sciri potest quomodo se habet cum Verbo; Verbum enim {1}a Domino datum est homini, etiam angelis, ut per illud sint apud Ipsum; nam Verbum est medium uniens terrae {2}cum caelo, et per {3}hoc cum Domino; sensus ejus litteralis est qui unit hominem cum primo caelo; et quia in sensu litterali est internus qui agit de regno Domini, et in hoc est sensus supremus qui agit de Domino, et hi sensus ordine sibi insunt, inde patet qualis unio per Verbum cum Domino est. @1 after homini$ @2 et caelorum$ @3 illum$