AC 8742-8743, 8746
Everyone has an internal man and an external man;
the internal man is what is called the spiritual man,
and the external man is what is called the natural man.
Both must be regenerated for the man to be regenerated.
With the man who has not been regenerated
the external or natural man commands,
and the internal or spiritual man serves;
but with the man who has been regenerated
the internal or spiritual man commands,
and the external or natural serves.
This inversion cannot possibly exist
except through regeneration by the Lord.
The internal man is first regenerated by the Lord,
and afterward the external man,
and the latter by means of the former.
The internal man is regenerated
by thinking those things which are of faith,
and willing them;
but the external man
by a life according to them.
The life of faith is charity.
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