153、纯正的仁爱和纯正的信仰没有任何回报或功德的想法，因为仁爱的快乐就是良善本身，信仰的快乐就是真理本身。因此，那些拥有这种仁爱和信仰的人知道什么叫不求回报或功德的良善；而那些没有这种仁爱和信仰的人则不知道。
153、真正的仁爱和信仰没有任何对功德的追求。因为施行仁爱的快乐来自良善本身，信仰的快乐来自真理本身。践行此等仁爱与信仰的人，深知何谓不求回报的善行，而没有此等仁爱与信仰的人不知道。
153. Genuine caring and genuine faith are completely devoid of any concern for credit because what makes caring for others pleasurable is the goodness itself and what makes faith pleasurable is the truth itself. So people who are committed to this kind of caring and faith know the nature of goodness without concern for credit, while people who are not committed to caring and faith do not.
153. When we have real kindness and real faith, we have no desire to take credit for what we do. The joy of kindness comes from goodness itself, and the joy of faith comes from truth itself. When we have this type of kindness and faith, we know what it is like to do good things without wanting to take credit for them. But we have no conception of this when we do not have kindness and faith.
153. Genuine charity and genuine faith have no thought of reward, for the pleasure of charity is real good, and the pleasure of faith is real truth. As a result those who have that kind of charity and faith know what good is which seeks no reward; but those who do not have them do not.
153. Genuine charity and genuine faith are devoid of every idea of merit; for the delight of charity is good itself, and the delight of faith is truth itself: wherefore, those who are in such charity and faith, know what good void of the idea of merit is, but not those who are not in charity and faith.
153. Genuine charity and genuine faith is without any merit, for good itself is the delight of charity, and truth itself is the delight of faith; wherefore they who are in that charity and faith know what good not meritorious is, but not they who are not in charity and faith.
153. Genuina charitas et genuina fides est absque omni merito, nam jucundum charitatis est ipsum bonum, et jucundum fidei est ipsum verum; quapropter illi qui in ea charitate et fide sunt, sciunt quid bonum non meritorium, non autem illi qui non in charitate et fide sunt.