Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 4995

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4995. 'And he has not held back anything from me except yourself' means that becoming joined to truth wedded to that good was forbidden. This is clear from the meaning of 'having held back from him' as that which has been forbidden, and from the meaning of the wife whom he held back, to whom 'yourself' refers here, as unspiritual natural truth, dealt with in 4988.


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