424.有很多人公正忠实地履行自己的职责，尽管他们以这种方式行出仁爱的行为，但他们里面没有仁爱。这些就是自我之爱和尘世之爱，而非天堂之爱在他们里面居于主导地位之人；即便天堂之爱存在，它也会受制于另一种爱，就象奴隶受制于他的主人，士兵受制于他的长官，它类似站在门口的门卫。
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424. 有許多人公平與誠實地履行他們的職責, 儘管他們以這樣的方式行出義的行為, 在他們裡面仍未擁有義。愛自己與愛世界在他們裡面佔優勢, 而不是愛天國; 即使呈現出對天國之愛, 也是屈從於另一種愛, 正如奴隸屈從他的主人, 或者士兵在服從于他的軍官。
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424. Many people behave justly and faithfully in their jobs, and yet although they are doing works of goodwill in this way, they still have no goodwill in themselves. Their love for themselves and for the world is in control rather than love for heaven. If love for heaven happens to be present at all, it is under their other loves like a slave under a master, like a foot soldier under a commander, like a doorkeeper standing by the door.
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424. There are many people who fairly and faithfully perform their duties, and although in this way they do the deeds of charity, yet possess no charity in themselves. These are the people in whom self-love and love of the world are dominant, not the love of heaven; or if this is present, it is subject to another love, like a slave under his master, or a common soldier under his officer, and it resembles a door-keeper standing in a doorway.
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424. There are many who act justly and faithfully in their occupation, and thus promote works of charity, and yet do not possess any charity in themselves. But in these the love of self and the world predominates, and not the love of heaven; or if, perchance, the love of heaven is present, it is beneath the former love, like a servant under his master, a common soldier under his officer, or a doorkeeper standing at the door.
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424. There are many who act justly and faithfully in their occupation, and although they perform there works of charity, yet have no charity in themselves. In them the love of self and the world predominates, and not the love of heaven. If, perchance, this love is also present, it is beneath the worldly and selfish love, like a servant under his master, a common soldier under his officer, or a porter standing at the door.
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424. Sunt multi, qui in sua functione juste et fideliter agunt, et tametsi Charitatis opera sic praestant, usque non aliquam Charitatem in se possident; sed hi sunt apud quos praedominatur amor sui et mundi, et non amor coeli, et si forte hic adest, est sub illo sicut servus sub suo Domino, ac sicut gregarius miles sub praefecto, et est sicut janitor stans in porta.