Evils done in youth that have been put off will not come back to haunt us. Spirits are only punished on account of the evils done while in the world of spirits. Everyone after death returns to his own life and thus into like evils. Good spirits are never punished because their evils do not return even though they had committed many evils in the world. By revealing internals and shedding externals, a spirit is led home.
Some evil spirits enter and leave hell several times until they are finally ready.
By the end of the second state the good and the evil are separated. In summary, we can see that the first state, or the state of exteriors, is a time of familiarization, where men from the world can get used to the idea of their eternal life and become comfortable. The second state is where everyone's true spiritual nature is revealed. Layer by layer all the external habits and defenses are peeled away until nothing remains but the spirit's ruling loves. He no longer cares what anyone thinks of him, and does exactly as he pleases, as if he were living in a dream.