8708.“当作的事”表付诸行动的信。这从“当作的事”的含义清楚可知，“当作的事”是指行为，在此是指被聪明之光，也就是被信所激发的行为，因为聪明之光含有来自主的信在里面，如前所述（8707节）。人在接受信之真理的程度上进入这光，被提入天堂。但对信之真理的接受不是单单通过承认实现的，而是通过与生活结合的承认，也就是通过它们在行为上被承认而实现的。这种接受就是“当作的事”所表示的。
Potts(1905-1910) 8708
8708. And the work that they must do. That this signifies faith in act, is evident from the signification of "the work that they must do," as being action, here action from the light of intelligence, thus from faith; for faith from the Lord is in the light of intelligence (of which above, n. 8707). In proportion as a man receives of the truths which are of faith, he enters into that light and is raised into heaven; but the reception of the truths of faith is not effected by acknowledgment alone, but by acknowledgment conjoined with life; that is, by their being acknowledged in act. This reception is what is meant by "the work that they must do."
Elliott(1983-1999) 8708
8708. 'And the work they must do' means faith put into action. This is clear from the meaning of 'the work they must do' as action, at this point action inspired by the light of intelligence, that is, by faith since the light of intelligence holds faith from the Lord within it, dealt with above in 8707. In the measure that a person accepts the truths of faith he passes into that light and is raised to heaven. But acceptance of the truths of faith is arrived at not by simply acknowledging them but by acknowledgement linked to life, that is, by an acknowledgement of them expressed in action. This kind of acceptance is what 'the work they must do' is used to mean.
Latin(1748-1756) 8708
8708. `Et opus quod facient': quod significet fidem actu, constat ex significatione `operis quod facient' quod sit actio, hic actio ex luce intelligentiae, ita ex fide, nam {1}fides a Domino est in luce intelligentiae, de qua supra n. 8707; quantum homo ex veris quae fidei recipit, tantum intrat in lucem illam et elevatur in caelum; at receptio verorum fidei non fit per solam agnitionem sed per agnitionem conjunctam vitae, hoc est, ut agnoscantur actu; haec receptio est quae intelligitur per opus quod facient.' @1 lux intelligentiae est fides a Domino$