4561. CONCERNING PAUL. Paul, while he was alive, thought, respecting the other life, only In a worldly manner. He supposed there would be worldly glory there, not knowing what heavenly glory was, or whether it was anything. And he therefore supposed that it was he who should introduce all into heaven, and that the Lord would accept them on his account. Moreover, he imagined that he deserved better than others. On account of that glory, namely worldly glory, he underwent so many dangers and punishments, so that he might be greatest; consequently, from another motive than that the Lord taught, namely, that he who wished to be greatest should not enter, but he who [wished to be] least, and that the last will be first. Hence it is, that he associated himself, on several occasions, with evil spirits and devils, in order that he might make for himself an altogether infernal heaven; and hence it is, that he rejects the interiors of the Word, because they are opposed to worldly glory, and opposed to merit.