213# “知道我已经爱你了”表示由此而来的知识，即主存在于仁爱中，不存在于没有仁爱的信仰中。这从“知道”和“爱”的含义清楚可知：“知道”是指知识；“爱”当论及主时，是指祂同在。它表示祂存在于仁爱中，不存在于没有仁爱的信仰中，因为此处论述的是那些处于仁之信的人(参看AE203节)；主存在于人的情感或爱中，因而存在于他灵的生命中，因为正是爱或情感构成他灵的生命；因此，主存在于仁爱中，因为仁爱就是情感本身，或人的属灵之爱；由于主与人同在于仁爱中，所以祂明显不存在于没有仁爱的信仰中；无仁之信不是属灵的，因而不从内在在人里面，亦不构成他的生命，而是在他之外，在记忆中，在由此而来的某种属世思维中。“被爱”当论及主时，表示祂同在，因为爱会带来结合和由此而来的同在；对那爱的人来说，主会进入，教导并引领他，使他也能爱祂，也就是遵行祂的诫命和戒律，因为这就是爱主。主与祂所爱的人同在，遵行祂诫命和戒律的人就是爱祂的，祂自己在约翰福音教导了这一点：
有了我的诫命又遵守的，这人就是爱我的。爱我的必蒙我父爱他，我也要爱他，并且我们要到他那里去，在他那里作我们的住所。(约翰福音14:21, 23)
213. And to know that I have loved thee. That this signifies knowledge thence, that the Lord is present in charity and not in faith without it, is evident from the signification of knowing, as denoting knowledge; and from the signification of, I have loved thee, when predicated of the Lord, as denoting that He is present. The reason why it denotes His being present in charity and not in faith without it is, that the subject treated of is those who are in the faith of charity (as may be seen above, n. 14:21, 23).
213. And to know that I have loved thee, signifies a consequent knowledge that the Lord is present in charity, and not in faith apart from charity. This is evident from the signification of "to know," as being knowledge; and from the signification of "to love," as being, in reference to the Lord, that He is present. It means that He is present in charity, and not in faith apart from charity, because those are here treated of who are in the faith of charity (See above, n. John 14:21, 23).
213. "Et sciant quod Ego dilexi te." - Quod significet cognitionem inde quod Dominus in charitate praesens sit et non in fide absque illa, constat ex significatione "scire", quod sit cognitio; et ex significatione "diligere", cum de Domino, quod sit quod praesens sit: quod praesens sit in charitate et non in fide absque illa, est quia agitur de illis qui in fide charitatis sunt (videatur supra, n. 203); ac Dominus praesens est in affectione seu amore hominis, ita in ejus spiritus vita, nam amor seu affectio facit vitam spiritus ejus; consequenter Dominus praesens est in charitate, nam charitas est ipsa affectio seu amor spiritualis hominis; et quia Dominus praesens est in charitate apud hominem, patet quod non praesens sit in fide absque charitate: fides absque charitate nec est spiritualis; quare nec est intus in homine et facit vitam ejus, sed extra illum in memoria, et inde in aliqua cogitatione naturali.
Quod "diligi", cum a Domino, sit quod praesens sit, est quia dilectio seu amor facit conjunctionem et inde praesentiam, ac Dominus ad illum qui diligit, intrat ac docet et ducit; et quoque ei dat ut diligat Ipsum, hoc est, ut mandata et praecepta Ipsius faciat, nam hoc est diligere Dominum. Quod Dominus praesens sit apud illum quem diligit, et quod diligat Ipsum qui mandata et praecepta Ipsius facit, docet Ipse apud Johannem:
"Qui tenet praecepta mea et facit illa, is est qui diligit Me, et qui diligit Me diligetur a Patre meo, et Ego diligam eum, ... et ad eum veniemus, et apud eum mansionem faciemus" (14:21, 23).