Verses:
1-3:
They must be combated, because they believe themselves to be more intelligent than others.
[2]
4, 5:
They defend falsities by natural light, but they will perish, and with them, the falsities themselves.
[2]
6:
They have pride.
[2]
7:
They have no truths.
[2]
8, 9:
They will perish on the day of judgment, because they have oppressed the church.
[15]
10-14:
They destroy the church still further, and this is their delight.
[3]
15, 16:
Destruction will come upon them on the day of judgment.
[15]
17:
A new church will come into existence
[11]
18:
in place of the former church, which is condemned.
[11]
19-21:
The new church will be in the understanding of truth, and those that are in it will be saved.
[11]