47# “和在患难里有份的”表示被虚假侵扰的信之真理。这从“有份的”和“患难”的含义清楚可知：“有份的”(或同伴)是指信之真理(对此，参看下文)；“患难”(译注：affliction，经上或译为灾难、苦难等)是指被虚假侵扰(参看《属天的奥秘》，6663, 6851, 9196节)。圣言经常提到“弟兄”和“有份的”(或同伴)，他们表示良善和真理。此外，在古代，那些处于良善的人被称为“弟兄”，那些处于真理的人被称为“有份的”(或同伴)。原因在于，真理必须与良善结合，当与良善结合时，它就变成一个弟兄；这就是为何此处“有份的”(或同伴)表示信之真理。在圣言中，“弟兄”和“同伴”表示良善和真理(参看《属天的奥秘》，6756, 10490节)。“患难”(或灾难、苦难等)表示被虚假侵扰，是因为当两者彼此争战时，处于真理的心智就会饱受虚假之苦；属灵的灾难并非来自其它源头。因此，这就是圣言中的“患难”(或灾难、苦难等)所表示的，如马太福音：
撒在石头地上的，自己里面没有根；及至因圣言遭了患难和逼迫，立刻就跌倒了。(马太福音13:20–21)
在时代的完结：
他们要把你们送交苦难中。因为那时必有大灾难，从世界的起头直到如今，没有这样的灾难，将来也必没有。那些日子的灾难一过去，日头就变黑了。(马太福音24:9, 21, 29; 马可福音13:19, 24)
“时代的完结”就是教会的末期；由于那时虚假要掌权，并与真理争战，所以经上说：“他们必有灾难，从世界的起头没有这样大的灾难。” 这种灾难就是说约翰在其中有份的患难所表示的，“约翰”在此表示关于主的教义；因为《启示录》论述了教会的末期(参看AE5节)。
47. And companion in affliction. That this signifies, the truth of faith infested by falsities, is evident from the signification of companion, as being the truth of faith - see what follows; and from the signification of affliction, as denoting infestation by falsities (concerning which see 5).
47. And partaker in the affliction, signifies the truth of faith infested by falsities. This is evident from the signification of "partaker," as being the truth of faith (concerning which see below); and from the signification of "affliction," as being infestation by falsities (See 815[5]).
47. "Et consocius in afflictione." - Quod significet verum fidei infestatum a falsis, constat ex significatione "socii", quod sit Verum fidei (de qua sequitur), et ex significatione "afflictionis", quod sit infestatio a falsis (de qua 6663, 6851, 9196). Pluribus in locis in Verbo dicitur "frater" et "socius", et per illos significatur bonum et verum; etiam antiquis temporibus vocati sunt "fratres" qui in bono fuerunt, et "socii" qui in veris, ex causa quia verum consociandum est bono, et cum consociatum est, fit frater; inde est, quod per "consocium" hic significetur verum fidei. (Quod bonum et verum intelligantur per "fratrem" et "socium" in Verbo, videatur n. 6756, 10490.) Quod "afflictio" significet infestationem a falsis, est quia mens quae in veris est affligitur a falsis, cum inter se pugnant: non aliunde est afflictio spiritualis; haec ideo per "afflictionem" in Verbo significatur: ut apud Matthaeum,
"Qui super petrosa seminatus est, ... non radicem habet in se ipso...; quando incidit afflictio et persecutio propter Verbum, statim scandalizatur" (Matthaeum 13:20, 21);
et apud eundem,
In consummatione saeculi "tradent vos in afflictionem: ... et erit tunc afflictio magna, qualis non fuit ab initio mundi usque ad nunc, nec fiet Statim post afflictionem dierum istorum sol obscurabitur" (Matthaeus 24:9, 21, 29; Marcus 13:19, 24).
"Consummatio saeculi" est ultimum tempus ecclesiae; et quia tunc falsa regnatura et repugnatura veris, ideo dicitur quod in afflictione erunt, et in tam magna qualis non fuit ab initio mundi. Haec afflictio est quae intelligitur per afflictionem cujus consocius Johannes dicitur, per quem hic intelligitur doctrina de Domino; nam in Apocalypsi agitur de ultimo tempore ecclesiae (videatur supra, n. 5).