I

The behaviors that people regard as right and good within their notions

are really just mankind’s surface-level approaches and packaging.

They don’t constitute living out normal humanity,

nor are they revelations of normal humanity;

they are merely external approaches.

These approaches cover up man’s corrupt dispositions,

they cover up man’s satanic nature essence, man’s satanic nature essence.

These good behaviors are not approaches that originate in heartfelt honesty,

nor are they natural revelations of normal humanity, of normal humanity.

In any way, they do not represent@man’s essence;

they are purely a guise and a false front which man puts on—

they are the adornments of corrupt mankind.

They cover up mankind’s evil essence.

That’s the essence of man’s good behaviors,

that is the truth behind them.

II

The essence of the behaviors God demands from man

is the true likeness lived out by people with normal humanity,

as well as the bare minimum that normal humanity ought to possess,

the bare minimum that normal humanity ought to possess.

People shall have saintly decency,

and restrain themselves, and not be dissolute,

they shall not hit or swear at others, or worship idols,

they shall honor their parents, and so on—

these demands that God has put forward

are not merely limited to a kind of approach.

God has laid out criteria for how people should live out normal humanity.

They are things that those with normal humanity can achieve.

Although these things are inferior to the truth and fall short of the truth,

they are some basic standards

for evaluating whether or not a person has humanity,

whether or not a person has humanity.

from The Word, Vol. 6. On the Pursuit of the Truth I. What It Means to Pursue the Truth (5)