966、需要指出的是，在来世，没有人会因遗传之恶而受到任何惩罚和折磨，只会因他自己实际犯下的邪恶。
New Century Edition
Cooper(2008,2013)
[NCE]966. It needs to be noted that we never undergo punishment or torment in the next life on account of evil we have inherited,{*1} only on account of evil that we ourselves have actually committed.
Footnotes:
{*1} Inherited evil, as set out in Swedenborg's theology, is to be distinguished from the mainstream Christian teaching of original sin, which Swedenborg rejects. For further information and references on these concepts, see note 6 in 16. [Editors]
Potts(1905-1910) 966
966. It is to be observed that in the other life no one undergoes any punishment and torture on account of his hereditary evil, but only on account of the actual evils which he himself has committed.
Elliott(1983-1999) 966
966. It should be realized that nobody in the next life undergoes any punishment and torment on account of evil he has inherited, but on account of the evils he himself has actually committed.
Latin(1748-1756) 966
966. Quod observandum, nullus in altera vita subit aliquam poenam et cruciatum propter hereditarium suum malum, sed propter actualia mala quae ipse patravit.