172.“你要写信给非拉铁非教会的天使说”表写给并涉及那些通过主处于源自良善的真理之人。这些人由“非拉铁非教会”来表示，这从写给该教会的话明显可知，不过，这些话要按着灵义来理解。
172. "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write." (3:7) This symbolically means, to people and concerning people who are governed by truths springing from goodness derived from the Lord.
That these are meant by the church in Philadelphia is apparent from the particulars written to it, understood in their spiritual sense.
172. [verse 7] 'And to the Angel of the Church in Philadelphia write' signifies to and concerning those who are in truths derived out of good from the Lord.
That by 'the Church in Philadelphia' these are understood is plain from the things written to them understood in the spiritual sense.
172. Verse 7. And unto the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, signifies to those and concerning those who are in truths from good from the Lord. That these are meant by "the church in Philadelphia" is clear from what is written to it, when understood in the spiritual sense.
172. (Vers. 7.) "Et Angelo in Philadelphia Ecclesiae Scribe," significat ad illos et de illis, qui in veris ex bono a Domino sunt. - Quod hi per "Ecclesiam in Philadelphia" intelligantur, patet a scriptis ad illam in Sensu spirituali intellectis.