293# 按自然义，即字义，此诫命亦指：除上帝之外，不可爱任何人过于一切；除出于上帝者之外，不可爱任何事物过于一切。这也合乎主的话（太22:35—37；路10:25—28）；因为凡人所爱而置于万有之上者，无论为人抑或为物，于爱者而言，即是其上帝与神性。譬如，人若爱自己过于一切，或爱世界过于一切，则他自己或世界便成为他的神；此即此等人心中不承认任何上帝之原因。因此，他们在地狱中与同类相联结；凡爱自己与世界过于一切者，皆聚集于彼处。
293# 在属世意义，即字义上，这条诫命也是指除了神和从神发出的东西外，不可爱任何人和任何东西胜过一切，这也符合主的话（马太福音22:35-37; 路加福音10:25-28）。因为凡被爱胜过一切的人或物，对一个如此爱着的人来说，就是神，就是神性。例如，对一个爱自己或世界胜过一切的人来说，他自己或世界就是他的神；这就是为何这些人从心里不承认任何神，因而与地狱中的同类结合，所有爱自己和世界胜过一切的人都聚集在地狱。
293. In the earthly meaning, which is the literal meaning, the first commandment also entails that we are to love above all else no one except God and nothing except what comes from God. This also accords with the Lord's words (Matthew 22:37-39; Luke 10:25-28). Someone we love above all else is a god to us; and something we love above all else is divine to us. For example, if we love ourselves above all else, or if we love the world above all else, to us we ourselves are our god, or else the world is. This explains why under these circumstances we do not believe at heart in any god; because of this we are connected to people like ourselves in hell, where all are gathered who have loved themselves or the world above all else.
293. In the natural or literal sense this commandment also means that no one is to be loved above all except God, nor anything except what comes from God. This too agrees with the Lord's words (Matthew 22:37-39; Luke 10:25-28). Anyone or anything which is loved above all is, to the lover, God and divine. For instance, if anyone loves himself or the world above all else, then he or the world is his own god. This is why such people do not in their hearts acknowledge any God. They are therefore linked with like minds in hell, where all are gathered who have loved themselves or the world above all.
293. In the natural sense, which is the sense of the letter, this commandment means also that no one except God, and nothing but what proceeds from God, is to be loved above all things, which also accords with the Lord's words (Matthew 22:35-37; Luke 10:25-28). For any person or thing that is loved above all things is God and is Divine to the one who so loves. For example, to one who loves himself or the world above all things, himself or the world is his God; and this is why such persons do not in heart acknowledge any God, and in consequence are conjoined with their like in hell, where all who love themselves and the world above all things are gathered.
293. In the natural sense, which is the sense of the Letter, this commandment also means that no one but God, and nothing but what proceeds from God, is to be loved above all things, according to the Lord's words, Matthew 22:35-37; Luke 10:25-28. For any person or thing that is loved above all else, becomes to the one who loves, a god and is divine. Thus when one loves himself or the world above all things, self or the world becomes his god. For this reason such men in their heart do not acknowledge any god. They are therefore associated with their like in hell, where all are gathered together who have loved themselves and the world above all things.
293. In Sensu naturali, qui est Sensus literae, per hoc Praeceptum etiam intelligitur, quod non quisquam praeter Deum, et quod non quicquam praeter id quod procedit a Deo, super omnia amandum sit, quod etiam est secundum verba Domini, Matthaeus 22:35-37, 1 Luca 10:25-28, nam qui et quod super omnia amatur, ille et illud amatori est Deus et Divinum; sicut qui se super omnia amat, aut quoque Mundum, illi est Ipse aut Mundus suus Deus; quae causa est quod iidem corde non agnoscant aliquem Deum; hi ideo conjuncti sunt consimilibus in Inferno, ubi collecti sunt omnes, qui se et mundum super omnia amaverunt.
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