Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 2259

Previous Number Next Number Next Translation See Latin 

2259. Verse 26 And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous persons in the midst of the city, I will spare the whole place for their sakes.

Jehovah said' means perception. 'If I find in Sodom fifty righteous persons in the midst of the city' means here, as previously, if truths are full of goods. 'I will spare the whole place for their sakes' means that they will be saved.


This page is part of the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

© 2000-2001 The Academy of the New Church