2228、“地上所有的民族都必因他得福”表示凡拥有仁爱的人，祂都会拯救。这从“得福”的含义清楚可知，“得福”是指被赋予来自一个天堂源头的一切良善，如前所述（981，1096，1420，1422节）。那些被赋予来自一个天堂源头的良善，也就是属天良善和属灵良善（对此，参看2227节）的人，也被赋予永恒的救恩，也就是得救。“地上所有的民族”在内义上表示那些处于爱和仁之良善的人，这从“民族”的含义清楚可知，“民族”是指良善（1159，1258-1260，1416，1849节）。谁都能清楚看出，“地上所有的民族”不是指全世界所有人，因为他们当中有非常多的人不能得救；只有那些拥有仁爱，也就是获得仁爱生活的人才能得救。
为了不向任何人隐瞒人们死后是如何得救的，下面简单讨论一下。有许多人声称，人因信得救，或用他们的话说，只要他信就行；但他们当中大多数人并不知道信是什么。有的以为信只是一种思维方式，有的以为信就是承认一些必要的信条，有的以为信是必须接受的整个信之教义，有的以为是其它东西。因此，仅仅在对信的认识上，他们就犯了错，进而在何为使人得救的信上也犯了错。然而，信不是一种纯粹的思维方式，或对某个信条的承认，也不是构成信之教义的一切的知识。没有人会因这些而得救，因为它们无法深深地扎下根来，仅止于思维；而思维不拯救任何人，拯救人的，是此人在世上通过信之知识或认知为自己获得的生活。这生活会保留下来；而与这生活不一致的一切思维都会消亡，甚至化为乌有。在天堂，使人们彼此交往的是他们的生活，而不是与生活毫无关系的思维。与生活无关的思维是虚伪的，并被完全弃绝。
一般来说，生活有两种：一种是地狱的生活，一种是天堂的生活。地狱的生活从自我之爱所发出的一切目的或意图、思维和行为，因而从对邻之恨中获得；而天堂的生活则从属于对邻之爱的一切目的或意图、思维和行为中获得。天堂的生活是被称为信的一切所关注，并通过信的一切所获得的生活。由此清楚可知信是什么，即：它是仁爱，因为凡可称作信之教义的，都通向仁爱。仁爱就包含这一切教义，它们都源于仁爱。肉身生活结束后，灵魂就是其爱的样子，或说人的灵魂就反映了他的爱。
Potts(1905-1910) 2228
2228. All the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him. That this signifies that all who are in charity will be saved by Him, is evident from the signification of being "blessed," as being to be endowed with all goods which are from a heavenly origin (as explained n. 981, 1096, 1420, 1422). They who are endowed with goods from a heavenly origin, that is, with both celestial and spiritual goods (concerning which just above, n. 2177), are also endowed with eternal salvation, that is, are saved. By "all the nations of the earth" are meant in the internal sense those who are in the good of love and of charity, as is evident from the signification of a "nation," as being good (n. 1159, 1258-1260, 1416, 1849). That all men in the whole globe are not meant by "all the nations of the earth," is evident to everyone, because there are very many among them who are not saved, but only those who are in charity, that is, who have attained the life of charity. [2] That none may be unaware how the case is with the salvation of men after their decease, it shall be briefly stated. There are many who say that man is saved by faith, or, in their words, if he only has faith; but for the most part they are those who do not know what faith is. Some suppose that it is mere thought; some that it is an acknowledgment of something to be believed; some that it is the whole doctrine of faith, which is to be believed; and others otherwise. Thus in the bare knowledge of what faith is they wander in error; consequently in the knowledge of what that is by which man is saved. Faith, however, is not mere thought, nor is it an acknowledgment of something to be believed, nor a knowledge of all things which belong to the doctrine of faith. By these no one can be saved; for they can take root no deeper than in the thought, and thought saves no one, but the life which the man has procured for himself in the world by means of the knowledges of faith. This life remains; whereas all thought which does not accord with the life perishes, even so as to become none at all. The heavenly consociations are according to lives, and by no means according to thoughts which are not of the life. Thoughts which are not of the life are counterfeit, and such are altogether rejected. [3] In general, life is twofold, being on the one hand infernal, on the other heavenly. Infernal life is acquired from all those ends, thoughts, and works which flow from the love of self, consequently from hatred against the neighbor; heavenly life, from all those ends, thoughts, and works which are of love toward the neighbor. The latter is the life to which all things that are called faith have regard, and which is procured by all things of faith. All this shows what faith is, namely, that it is charity, for to charity all things lead which are said to be of the doctrine of faith; in it they are all contained, and from it they are all derived. The soul, after the life of the body, is such as its love is.
Elliott(1983-1999) 2228
2228. 'And in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed' means that from Him all who have charity will be saved. This is clear from the meaning of 'being blessed' as being endowed with all goods that have a heavenly origin, dealt with in 981, 1096, 1420, 1422. People who are endowed with goods from a heavenly origin, that is, with celestial goods and spiritual goods, which have been referred to immediately above in 2227, are also endowed with eternal salvation, that is, they are saved. 'All nations of the earth' is used to mean in the internal sense those with whom the goods exist that flow from love and charity, as is clear from the meaning of 'nation' as good, dealt with in 1159, 1258-1260, 1416, 1849. That 'all the nations of the earth' does not mean all people throughout the whole world may become clear to anyone, for there are so many among them who are not saved. Only those who have charity, that is, who have acquired the life of charity, are saved.
[2] So that the whole matter of the salvation of people after they have died does not remain hidden from anyone, let a brief discussion of it follow here. There are many who declare that man is saved through faith, or as they say, if he merely has faith. But the majority of such people do not know what faith is. Some imagine that it is mere thought; some that it is the acknowledgement of something which ought to be believed; others that it is the entire doctrine of faith, which ought to be believed; and others something different again. Thus in their mere knowledge of what faith is they are mistaken, and as a consequence they are mistaken as to what it is that saves a person. Faith however is not mere thought; nor is it the acknowledgement of something that ought to be believed; nor is it a knowledge of all that constitutes the doctrine of faith. Nobody can be saved by such thought, acknowledgement, or knowledge that cannot send down roots any deeper than thought. Thought does not save anyone, but the life which he acquires to himself in the world through the cognitions of faith Such life remains, but all thought that is not in keeping with his life dies away, even to the point of becoming none at all. In heaven that which brings people into association with one another is their lives, not thoughts that are not related in any way to a person's life. Thoughts which are unrelated to a person's life are spurious and are totally rejected.
[3] In general there are two kinds of life, the first being the life of hell, the second that of heaven. The life of hell is derived from all those intentions, thoughts, and deeds that flow from self-love, consequently from hatred against the neighbour. The life of heaven is derived from all those intentions, thoughts, and deeds that belong to love towards the neighbour. This heavenly life is that to which all things called faith have regard and is acquired by means of all things of faith. From this it becomes clear what faith is, namely that it is charity, for all things that are said to be part of the doctrine of faith lead to charity. Charity embraces them all and from charity they are all derived. After the life of the body, the soul is such as its love is.
Latin(1748-1756) 2228
2228. Quod `benedicentur in illo omnes gentes terrae' significet quod ab Ipso omnes qui in charitate sunt, salvabuntur, constat a significatione `benedici' quod sit domini omnibus bonis quae sunt a caelesti origine, de qua n. 981, 1096, 1420, 1422: qui donantur bonis a caelesti origine, hoc est, bonis caelestibus et bonis spiritualibus, de quibus mox supra n. (x)2227, illi quoque donantur salute aeterna, hoc est, salvantur: per `omnes gentes terrae' intelliguntur in sensu interno illi qui in bonis amoris et charitatis sunt, ut constat a significatione `gentis' quod sit bonum, [de qua] n. 1159, 1258-1260, 1416, 1849: quod per `omnes gentes terrae' non significentur omnes in universo terrarum orbe, constare potest cuivis, quia permulti inter illos sunt qui non salvantur, sed modo illi qui in charitate sunt, hoc est, qui charitatis vitam adepti sunt. [2] Ne quemquam lateat quomodo se habet cum salvatione hominum post decessum, paucis dicendum; sunt plures qui dicunt quod salvetur homo per fidem aut, ut aiunt, si modo fidem habeat, sed inter illos plurima pars est qui non sciunt quid fides; putant aliqui quod sit mera cogitatio, aliqui quod sit agnitio alicujus credendi, alii quod sit tota doctrina fidei, quae credenda, alii aliter; ita in sola cognitione quid sit fides, errant, consequenter in eo quid sit quo salvetur homo: sed usque non est mera cogitatio, nec est agnitio credendi, nec cognitio omnium quae sunt doctrinae fidei; ex illis nemo salvari potest, nam non altius radicem possunt agere quam in cogitationem; cogitatio non aliquem salvat, sed est vita quam sibi in mundo comparavit per cognitiones fidei; haec vita manet, at omnis cogitatio quae non convenit vitae ejus, perit, usque adeo ut fiat nulla; consociationes caelestes sunt secundum vitas et nusquam secundum cogitationes quae non sunt vitae; cogitationes quae non sunt vitae, sunt simulatoriae quae prorsus rejiciuntur: [3] in genere duplex est vita, una infernalis, altera caelestis; vita infernalis contrahitur ex omnibus illis finibus, cogitationibus et operibus quae fluunt ex amore sui, consequenter ex odio contra proximum; vita caelestis ex omnibus illis finibus, cogitationibus et operibus quae sunt amoris erga proximum; haec vita est quam spectant omnia quae `fides' vocantur, et comparatur per omnia fidei; inde constare potest quid fides {1}, nempe quod sit charitas, nam ad illam ducunt omnia quae doctrinae fidei vocantur, in illa sunt omnia illa, et ex illa derivantur omnia illa: anima {2} post vitam corporis [talis] est qualis ejus amor.