444# 道德生活若同时为属灵生活，便是仁义生活。其所以然，乃因道德生活的操行与仁义的操行本为同一。盖仁义乃愿邻舍得善，并由此以善待之；这也正是道德生活。
属灵的律法，即主所言：“所以，无论何事，你们愿意人怎样待你们，你们也要怎样待人；因为这就是律法和先知。”（太7:12）这一律法，同时也是道德生活的普遍律法。
若要逐一列举仁义的一切作为，并将其与道德生活的作为相互比较，非数页不能尽述；此处仅以十诫第二块法版中的六条诫命为例，以资说明。人人都能看出，这些诫命乃道德生活的诫命；而它们亦包含了对邻舍之爱的一切内容，可参见上文329-331节。
仁义成全这一切，可由保罗的话明见：“要彼此相爱；因为爱人的，就完全了律法。像那不可奸淫，不可杀人，不可偷盗，不可作假见证，不可贪婪，或有别的诫命，都包在爱人如己这一句话之内了。爱是不加害与人的，所以爱就完全了律法。”（罗13:8-10）
凡只从外在人思想者，必不免惊异：十诫第二块法版中的这几条诫命，竟由雅威在西奈山上以如此伟大的神迹颁布；然而这些诫命在地上万国中，因而也在以色列人方才离出的埃及，早已是民事公义之律法的诫命；因为若无这些诫命，任何国家都不能存立。
但这些诫命之所以由雅威亲自颁布，并且又由祂的指头刻在石版上，乃是为使它们不仅作为公民社会的诫命，因而作为属世道德生活的诫命；也作为天堂社会的诫命，因而作为属灵道德生活的诫命。如此，行事违背这些诫命，便不仅是违背人，也是违背上帝。
444# 道德的生活当同时是属灵的时，就是仁爱的生活，因为实践道德生活和实践仁爱是一样的。仁爱就是对邻舍的正确意愿，因而对他们的正确行为，或说希望邻舍好，因而善待他们；这也是道德生活。属灵的律法就是主的这条律法：
无论何事，你们愿意人怎样待你们，你们也要怎样待人；因为这就是律法和先知。（马太福音7:12）
这也是道德生活的普遍律法，或说这条律法也普遍适用于道德生活。不过，要列出所有仁爱的作为或行为，并把它们与道德生活的作为或行为进行对比，会占用大量篇幅。就拿十诫的第二块石版中的六条诫命来说明吧。每个人都清楚看到，它们是道德生活的的戒律。它们包括与对邻之爱有关的一切（可参看TCR 329-331节）。仁爱就是遵行所有这些诫命，这一点从保罗的这些话明显看出来：
要彼此相爱；因为爱人的就完全了律法。因此，不可通奸、不可杀人、不可偷盗、不可作假见证、不可贪婪；或有别的诫命，都包在爱邻如己这一句话之内了。仁爱是不对邻人作恶，所以仁爱就完全了律法。（罗马书13:8-10）
只出于外在人思考的人不禁想知道，第二块石版上的七条诫命是耶和华在西乃山上以如此大的神迹颁布的；然而，它们在全世界所有国家都是民事司法的法律，因而在以色列人最近所来自的埃及也是如此，因为没有它们，任何国家都无法继续存在。但耶和华之所以颁布它们，还用手指写在石版上，是为了它们不仅可以成为世俗社会的戒律，因而成为属世道德生活的戒律，还可以成为天堂社会的戒律，因而成为属灵道德生活的戒律。因此，违反它们不仅是与人作对，也是与神作对。
444. When our moral life is also spiritual, it is a life of goodwill, because the practices involved in a moral life and in a life of goodwill are the same. Goodwill is wishing our neighbors well and therefore treating them well. This is also a moral way of life. The following statement by the Lord is a spiritual law:
All things whatever that you want people to do for you, do likewise for them. This is the Law and the Prophets. (Matthew 7:12)
This same law is universally applicable to a moral life as well. But listing all the practices related to goodwill and comparing them with the practices related to a moral life would require many pages. Just take six commandments from the second tablet of the Ten Commandments for an illustration - it is clear to everyone that they are principles for a moral life. (As for their containing all aspects of loving our neighbor, see 329, 330, and 331 above.)
The following statement in Paul makes it clear that goodwill fulfills all the commandments:
Love each other, for those who love others have fulfilled the law. The commandments that you are not to commit adultery, you are not to kill, you are not to steal, you are not to bear false witness, you are not to covet, and anything else that has been commanded, are included in the following saying: "You are to love your neighbor as yourself. " Goodwill does not do evil to its neighbor. Goodwill is the fullness of the law. (Romans 13:8-10)
People who think only with their outer selves cannot help being astounded that the seven commandments on the second tablet were proclaimed by Jehovah on Mount Sinai in such a miraculous way, given that these same rules were legal principles of civic justice in all the countries on earth, including Egypt, where the children of Israel had just come from. No country can survive without these rules.
The reason why Jehovah proclaimed them, however, and wrote them with his own finger on tablets of stone was that they are rules not only for all civic communities and therefore rules for a moral earthly life, they are also rules for all heavenly communities and therefore rules for a moral spiritual life. Acting against these rules then is acting not only against other people but also against God.
444. The reason why, when a moral life is at the same time spiritual, this is charity, is that the practices of a moral life and a charitable one are the same. Charity is willing good to the neighbour and as a result dealing well with him; and this too is the concern of a moral life. The spiritual law is the one prescribed by the Lord:
Everything you wish people to do to you, do the same to them; this is the Law and the Prophets, Matthew 7:12.
This same law applies universally to moral life. But it would take a great many pages to list all charitable deeds and compare them with the deeds prescribed by a moral life, so merely six commandments of the second table of the Ten Commandments can serve as an illustration. It is plain to anyone that they are the commandments of moral life; and it may be seen above (329-331) that they also contain everything to do with love towards the neighbour. Charity fulfils all these commandments, as is clear from the following passage of Paul:
Love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, You are not to commit adultery, You are not to commit murder, You are not to steal, You are not to be a false witness, You are not to covet, and any other commandment there may be, these are all summed up in this phrase: You are to love your neighbour as yourself. Charity does not do evil to the neighbour; it is the fulfilment of the law, Romans 13:8-10.
[2] If anyone's thinking comes solely from the external man, he cannot fail to be surprised that the seven commandments of the second table were delivered by Jehovah on Mount Sinai amid such miraculous circumstances, when those same rules were enjoined by the laws of the civil legal system in every kingdom upon earth, including therefore Egypt, which the Children of Israel had just left; for no kingdom can last without them. But the fact that they were delivered by Jehovah, and written by His finger on two stone tables, caused them to be not only the commandments of the civil community, and so of natural moral life, but also the commandments of the heavenly community, and so of spiritual moral life. Thus to break them would not only be acting against one's fellow men, but also against God.
444. Moral life, when it is also spiritual, is a life of charity, because the practices of a moral life and of charity are the same; for charity is willing rightly towards the neighbor, and consequently acting rightly towards him; and this is also moral life. The spiritual law is this law of the Lord:
All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them; for this is the law and the prophets (Matthew 7:12).
This same law is the universal law of moral life. But to recount all the works of charity, and to compare them with the works of moral life, would fill many pages; let the six commandments of the second table of the Decalogue serve for illustration. It is evident to everyone that these are precepts of moral life. That they include everything relating to love to the neighbor, may be seen above (n. 329-331). That charity is the fulfilling of all these precepts, is evident from the following in Paul:
Love one another; for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Charity worketh no ill to his neighbor; charity is the fulfilling of the law (Romans 13:8-10).
He who thinks from the external man only, cannot but wonder that the seven commandments of the second table were promulgated by Jehovah on Mount Sinai with so great a miracle; when yet these same precepts, in all the kingdoms of the world, consequently also in Egypt whence the children of Israel had lately come, were the precepts of the law of civil justice, for without them no kingdom can continue to exist. But they were promulgated by Jehovah, and were, moreover, written by His finger on tables of stone, in order that they might be not only the precepts of civil society, and therefore of natural-moral life, but also the precepts of heavenly society, and therefore of spiritual-moral life; so that acting contrary to them would be not only acting in opposition to men, but also to God.
444. Moral life, when at the same time spiritual, is the life of charity, because the practices of moral life and of charity are the same. For charity consists in wishing well to the neighbor and, from good will, in doing good to him; and the same is true of moral life. The spiritual law is expressed in this law of the Lord:
"All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the Law and the Prophets" Matthew 7:12.
This is also the universal law of moral life. But to recount all the works of charity, and compare them with those of moral life would require many pages. Let six commandments of the second table of the Decalogue serve for illustration. It is evident to every one that these are precepts of the moral life; and that they also comprise all things relating to love towards the neighbor may be seen above in 328, 330-331. That charity fulfils all those commandments is evident from these words of Paul:
"Love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Charity (A.V., Love), worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore charity (A.V., love) is the fulfilling of the law" Romans 13:8-10.
He who thinks from the external man only cannot but wonder that the seven commandments of the second table of the Decalogue were promulgated in so miraculous a manner by Jehovah on Mount Sinai, when yet they were precepts of the law of civil justice in all kingdoms throughout the world, and consequently in Egypt also, whence the Children of Israel had lately come; for without these precepts no kingdom can subsist. They were promulgated by Jehovah, and written on tables of stone with His finger, in order that they might be precepts not only of civil society, and thus of naturally moral life, but also those of heavenly society, and thus of spiritually moral life. So that to act contrary to them is not only to act against men, but also against God.
444. Quod Moralis vita, dum simul est spiritualis, sit Charitatis vita, est quia exercitia Moralis vitae et Charitatis sunt eadem; Charitas enim est bene velle proximo, et inde bene agere cum illo, hoc etiam est Vitae moralis; Lex Spiritualis est haec Domini, Omnia quaecunque volueritis, ut faciant vobis homines, sic et vos facite illis; haec est Lex et Prophetae, Matthaeus 7:12 eadem haec Lex est universalis Vitae moralis: Sed omnia Charitatis opera recensere, et illa cum operibus vitae moralis conferre, est plurium paginarum opus; sint modo illustrationi sex Praecepta Secundae Tabulae Legis Decalogi, quae quod sint praecepta vitae moralis, cuivis patet, quae quod etiam contineant omnia quae amoris erga proximum sunt, videatur supra, 329-331. Quod Charitas impleat illa omnia, constat ex his apud Paulum, Amate vos invicem, qui enim amat alterum, Legem implevit; nam illud non moechaberis, non occides, non furaberis, non falsus testis eris, non concupisces, et si quid aliud mandatum, in hoc verbo comprehenditur, amabis proximum ut teipsum; Charitas proximo non malum facit; plenitudo legis est Charitas, Romanos 13:8-10.
[2] Qui ex solo Externo homine cogitat, ille non potest non mirari, quod septem Praecepta Secundae Tabulae a Jehovah super monte Sinai cum tanto miraculo promulgata sint, cum tamen eadem illa in omnibus Regnis in terris, proinde etiam in Aegypto, unde filii Israelis nuper venerunt, fuerunt Praecepta Legis justitiae civilis, nam absque illis nullum Regnum subsistit: sed quod a Jehovah promulgata sint, et insuper Tabulis lapideis digito Ipsius inscripta, fuit causa, ut non solum essent Praecepta Societatis civilis, et sic Vitae moralis naturalis, sed etiam Praecepta Societatis coelestis, et sic Vitae moralis spiritualis; ita quod facere contra illa, non modo esset facere contra homines, sed etiam contra Deum.