1255、“按着他们的出身”表示随他们能被改造的程度，这从“出生”的含义明显可知，“出生”是指改造。当人被主再生或重生时，在这种情况下，他重新获得的每一个新事物都是一个出生或诞生。所以此处因论述的主题是古教会，所以“出生”表示随着他们能被改造的程度。至于这些民族的改造，他们不是都有一种敬拜，或一样的教义，因为他们不是都有一样的性情，也不是从小都受一样的教育和教导。主决不破碎一个人从小获得的基本原则，而是调整它们，或使它们弯折。如果这些原则被此人视为神圣，并且是不违反神性和属世秩序的那种，而是本身无关紧要，那么主就会由它们去，允许这人留在其中。主对待这第二个古教会中的许多事物就是这样，对此，蒙主的神性怜悯，容后再述（1337，1343节）。
New Century Edition
Cooper(2008,2013)
[NCE]1255. The fact that by their births means insofar as they were able to reform can be seen from the symbolism of birth as reformation. When we are being reborn or regenerated by the Lord, each and every new thing that we receive is a birth. So in this case, since the ancient church is under discussion, the births mean insofar as its people were able to reform.
With regard to reformation of the nations, they did not all have the same kind of worship or the same teachings, because they did not all have the same disposition or the same upbringing and education from childhood on. The Lord never breaks the principles we first adopt as children but bends them. Any principles we possess that we have always invested with holiness, any that do not inherently oppose God's plan or the order of the physical world but are inconsequential, those principles the Lord leaves alone and allows to remain in us. This was true of many principles that the second ancient church adopted, which will be discussed below [1337, 1343], by the Lord's divine mercy.
Potts(1905-1910) 1255
1255. According to their nativities. That this signifies in proportion as they could be reformed, is evident from the signification of a "nativity," as being reformation. While a man is being born again, or regenerated, by the Lord, each and all things that he receives anew are nativities or births. So here, as the subject is the Ancient Church, the nativities signify in proportion as they could be reformed. As regards the reformations of the nations, they were not all in the same worship, nor in the same doctrine, for the reason that they were not all of the same genius, and were not all similarly educated and instructed from infancy. The principles which a man imbibes from infancy the Lord never breaks, but bends. If they are things that the man esteems holy, and are such as are not contrary to Divine and natural order, but are in themselves matters of indifference, the Lord lets them alone, and suffers the man to remain in them. So it was with many things in the second Ancient Church, concerning which of the Lord's Divine mercy hereafter.
Elliott(1983-1999) 1255
1255. That 'according to their generations' means insofar as they were capable of being reformed is clear from the meaning of 'a generation' as reformation. When someone is born again or regenerated by the Lord, every single thing he receives anew is in that case a generation. So also here, since the Ancient Church is the subject, 'generations' means insofar as they were capable of being reformed. As for the reformations of these nations, the latter did not all have the same form of worship, nor did they all have the same doctrine, the reasons being that they were not all of the same disposition, and had not all been brought up in the same ways and from early childhood been taught the same things. The Lord in no way destroys the basic attitudes a person acquires from early childhood, but modifies them. And if these are held sacred by the person and are such as do not stand contrary to Divine and natural order but are in themselves of little importance, the Lord lets them alone and allows them to remain with that person, as He did with many things in the second Ancient Church, which things will in the Lord's Divine mercy be dealt with later on.
Latin(1748-1756) 1255
1255. 'Secundum nativitates eorum': quod significent sicut reformari potuerint, constat a significatione 'nativitatis' quod sit reformatio; cum homo renascitur seu regeneratur a Domino, tunc omnia et singula quae e novo accipit, sunt 'nativitates'; ita hic, nativitates quia de Antiqua Ecclesia agitur, significant sicut reformari potuerint: quod reformationes gentium attinet, non omnes simili cultu fuerunt nec simili doctrina, ex causa quia non omnes simili genio {1}fuerunt, et quia non omnes similiter educati et similiter ab infantia instructi; principia quae homo ab infantia capit, Dominus nusquam frangit sed flectit; si quae sunt in quibus sanctitatem posuit et talia sunt quae non contra ordinem Divinum et naturalem sed in se adiaphora, illa Dominus relinquit, et patitur ut in iis maneat; sicut plura in Antiqua Ecclesia altera, de quibus, ex Divina Domini Misericordia, in sequentibus. @1 Fuerant I.$