668、“儿子”表示真理，“妻子”表示良善。这在前一章（5:4，489-491节）已经说明，那里用的是“儿子和女儿”这个短语。但此处用的是“儿子”和“妻子”，因为“妻子”是与真理结合的良善。事实上，真理无法产生，除非它所源于的某种良善或快乐存在。生命在良善和快乐里面，不在真理里面，除非真理从良善和快乐中获得某种东西。真理从这些事物被赋予形式并发展，或说被形成并生长；属于真理的信被属于良善的爱赋予形式并发展，或说形成并生长。真理就像光；若非从太阳或火焰发出，就没有光。真理正是从这些事物被赋予形式，或说被形成。真理只是良善所取的形式，信只是爱所取的形式。因此，真理所取的形式取决于良善的品质，信所取的形式则取决于爱或仁的品质。这就是为何此处提到“妻子”和“妻子们”，她们表示与真理结合的良善。这也是为何下一节提到一切都成双成对，就是一公一母，进入方舟，因为没有与真理结合的良善，就没有重生。
New Century Edition
Cooper(2008,2013)
[NCE]668. The fact that the sons are truth and the wives goodness was also shown earlier, at Genesis 5:4 [489-491]. That verse spoke of sons and daughters but this one speaks of sons and their wives, because wives are the good connected with truth.
No truth would ever come into being if something good or pleasurable did not exist for it to grow out of. Goodness and pleasure have life in them, but truth does not have any life besides that which it gains from goodness and pleasure. It is from these that truth forms and sprouts. The same applies to faith (a matter of truth), which comes from love (a matter of goodness). Truth is like light. No light exists that does not come from the sun, that is, flame; this is the source from which light develops.
Truth is simply the form of goodness, and faith is simply the form of love. Truth develops out of goodness according to the quality of the goodness, and faith develops according to the quality of love or charity.
This, then, is the reason for the mention of a wife and wives, symbolizing the good connected with truth. For the same reason, the next verse says that two of each, a male and a female, were to enter the ark. Unless good is attached, no regeneration occurs.
Potts(1905-1910) 668
668. That "sons" signify truths, and "daughters" goods, has also been shown before-at chapter 5, verse 4-where "sons" and "daughters" were spoken of. But here it is "sons" and "wives" because "wives" are the goods that are adjoined to truths; for no truth can be produced unless there is a good or delight from which it is. In good and in delight there is life; but not in truth, except that which it has from good and delight. From this, truth is formed and begotten, and so is faith, which is of truth, formed and begotten by love, which is of good. It is with truth exactly as it is with light: except from the sun or a flame there is no light; it is from this that light is formed. Truth is only the form of good; and faith is only the form of love. Truth is formed from good according to the quality of the good, and faith is formed from love according to the quality of the love or charity. This then is the reason why a "wife" and "wives" are mentioned, which signify goods adjoined to truths. And hence it is said in the following verse that pairs of all were to enter into the ark, a male and a female; for without goods adjoined to truths there is no regeneration.
Elliott(1983-1999) 668
668. 'Sons' means truths and 'wives' goods. This also has been shown already at Chapter 5:4 where the phrase 'sons and daughters' is used. Here however it is 'sons and wives', for 'wives' are goods which have been joined to truths. Indeed no truth can ever be brought forth unless some good or delight exists for it to spring from. Within good and delight there is life, but not within truth apart from that which it derives from good and delight. It is from these that truth is given form and develops, even as faith, which is connected with truth, is given form by and develops out of love, which is connected with good. Truth is like light; there is no light apart from that which flows from the sun or flame. It is from these that light is given form. Truth is merely the form which good takes, and faith merely the form which love takes. The form that truth takes depends therefore on the character of its good, as does that of faith on that of its love or charity. This is the reason why 'wife' and 'wives who mean goods that have been joined to truths are meant at this point. This also is why in the next verse reference is made to pairs of all, male and female, entering the ark, for without goods joined to truths regeneration does not take place.
Latin(1748-1756) 668
668. Quod 'filii' sint vera, et 'uxores' sint bona, etiam prius ostensum est ad cap. v. 4, ubi 'filii et filiae,' hic autem 'filii et uxores,' quia 'uxores' sunt illa bona quae adjuncta sunt veris: nusquam enim aliquid verum produci potest nisi sit bonum seu jucundum ex quo; in bono et jucundo est vita, non autem in vero nisi quam habet a bono et jucundo; verum inde formatur et germinatur; similiter fides quae est veri, ab amore qui est boni; habet se verum sicut lux; nisi ex sole seu flamma, nulla lux; est lux inde formata. Verum est modo forma boni, et fides est modo forma amoris; verum inde formatur secundum qualitatem boni, et fides secundum qualitatem amoris seu charitatis: haec nunc causa est quod 'uxor et uxores' nominentur, quae significant bona adjuncta veris; inde in sequente versu, quod 'bina ab omnibus intrarent in arcam, masculus et femina'; nam absque bonis adjunctis nulla regeneratio.