211、但那些不知道圣言的内在意义或灵义的人不明白结合是如何通过圣餐实现的，因为他们的思维没有超越外在意义，也就是字义。从圣言的内在意义或灵义可知“身体”、“血”、“饼”和“酒”，以及“吃”表示什么。
211、但是，那些不知道圣言的内层含义或属灵含义的人不知道联合是怎样借此发生的，因为他们的思考没有超越外层含义，也就是圣言的文字含义。从圣言的内层含义或属灵含义可以知道 “身体”、“血”，“饼”、“酒”代表什么，以及“吃”代表什么。
211. However, people who do not know anything about the inner or spiritual meaning of the Word do not grasp how the Holy Supper accomplishes this joining together, because their thoughts do not go beyond the Word's outward meaning, which is its literal meaning. It is from the Word's inner or spiritual meaning that we know what is meant by the body and the blood, the bread and the wine, and eating.
211. But we cannot know how this union takes place through the holy supper unless we know something about the Bible’s inner, spiritual meaning. Otherwise, our thinking will not get beyond the outer, literal meaning. From the Bible’s inner, spiritual meaning, we can understand the meaning of body and blood, of bread and wine, and of eating them.
211. How that linking takes place cannot be grasped by those who do not know something about the internal or spiritual sense of the Word. For the thinking of these people does not extend beyond the external or literal sense. From the internal or spiritual sense of the Word it may be known what is the meaning of body and blood, of bread and wine, and also of eating.
211. But how conjunction is effected through the Holy Supper, is not comprehended by those who do not know anything of the internal or spiritual sense of the Word, because they do not think beyond the external sense, which is that of the letter. From the internal or spiritual sense of the Word, the signification of the body and blood, and of the bread and wine, and also of eating, is known.
211. But how conjunction is effected by it is not understood by those who do not know the internal or spiritual sense of the Word, since they do not think beyond the external sense, which is the sense of the letter. It is known from the internal or spiritual sense of the Word, what is signified by the "body" and "blood," and by the "bread" and "wine"; and also what is signified by "eating."
211. Sed quomodo per illam fit conjunctio, non capiunt qui non sciunt aliquid de sensu interno seu spirituali Verbi, nam illi, non ultra sensum externum, qui est sensus litterae, cogitant. Ex sensu interno seu spirituali Verbi scitur quid significat "corpus" et "sanguis," et quid "panis" et "vinum," tum quid "manducatio."