also thou shalt not hate the good of the church and its truth; for if
one hates good and truth he hates the neighbor; and to hate is to wish
to kill. This is why the devil, by whom hell in the whole complex is
meant, is called by the Lord,

"A murderer from the beginning" (John viii, 44).

Since hatred, which is a desire to kill, is the opposite of love to the
Lord and also of love toward the neighbor, and since these loves are
what make heaven in man, it is evident that hatred, being thus opposite,
is what makes hell in him. Nor is infernal fire anything else than
hatred; and in consequence the hells appear to be in a fire with a dusky
glow according to the quality and quantity of the hatred, and in a fire
with a dusky flame according to the quantity and quality of the revenge
from hatred.

Since hatred and love are direct opposites, and since hatred in
consequence constitutes hell in man, just as love constitutes heaven in
him, so the Lord teaches,

"If thou shalt offer thy gift upon the altar, and shalt there remember
that thy brother hath aught against thee, leave there thy gift before
the altar, and go; first be reconciled to they brother, and then coming
offer thy gift. Be well disposed toward thine adversary whiles thou art
in the way with him; lest haply the adversary deliver thee to the judge,
and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
Verily, I say unto thee, Thou shalt not come out thence till thou hast
paid the uttermost farthing" (Matt. v. 23-26).

To be delivered to the judge, and by the judge to the officer, and by