DLIFE 42, 48 - So far as any one shuns evils as sins, so far he has faith, and is spiritual.

SO FAR AS ANY ONE SHUNS EVILS AS SINS,
SO FAR HE HAS FAITH, AND IS SPIRITUAL

DLIFE 42, 48
Faith and life are distinct from each other,
like thinking and doing;
and as thinking has relation to the understanding
and doing to the will,
it follows that faith and life are distinct from each other,
like the understanding and the will.

For whatever any one wills from love,
that he wills to do,
wills to think,
wills to understand
and wills to speak;
or what is the same thing,
what any one loves from the will,
this he loves to do,
loves to think,
loves to understand
and loves to speak.
Moreover, when a person shuns evil as sin,
he is then in the Lord . . .
and the Lord works all things.