580# 每个人都能按自己的状态而重生，是因为单纯人与博学者的重生方式不同；从事不同研究的人，以及担任不同职分的人，其重生方式也不同；探究圣言外在意义的人，与探究其内在意义的人不同；从父母那里承受属世良善的人，与承受邪恶的人不同；自幼投身于世俗虚妄的人，与较早或较晚从这些虚妄中脱离的人不同。简言之，构成主的外在教会的人，与构成主的内在教会的人也不同。这种差异是无限的，正如面容与心性的差异一样；然而，每一个人仍都能按自己的状态而重生并得救。
【2】此事确然如此，可由诸天堂得知；凡重生者都进入这些天堂，而天堂分为三层：最高层、中间层和最末层。那些借着重生接受对主之爱的人，进入最高层；那些接受对邻舍之爱的人，进入中间层；那些只是践行外在仁义，同时承认主为救赎者与救主上帝的人，进入最末层。所有这些人都得救了，只是方式各不相同。
【3】人人都能重生并由此得救，是因为主以祂的神性良善与神性真理临在于每一个人；人的生命由此而来，理解与意愿的能力也由此而来，属灵事务中的自由意志亦由此而来；这些没有一个人缺少。同时，主也赐下了方法：给基督徒的方法在圣言中，给外邦人的方法则在各自的宗教中；凡这些宗教教导有上帝，并教导关于善恶的诫命，便是方法。由此可知，每个人都能得救；因此，若人不得救，责任不在主，而在人；人的责任就在于他不合作。
580# 每个人都可以重生，各人照着各人的状态重生；因为简单人和有学问的人以不同的方式重生；那些从事不同追求和职业的人也是如此；那些研究圣言的外在事物的人和那些研究圣言的内在事物的人以不同的方式重生；那些处于源于父母的属世良善的人和那些处于属世邪恶的人以不同的方式重生；那些从婴儿时期就陷入这个世界的虚荣或毫无意义的追求的人和那些或早或晚从中退出，或中断这些活动的人以不同的方式重生；总之，那些构成主的外在教会之人以不同于那些构成主的内在教会之人的方式重生，并且这种多样性，就像人们的脸和性格一样，是无限的；然而，每个人都可以照着自己的状态而重生并得救。
情况就是这样，这一点可从天堂的构成明显看出来，所有重生的人都进入天堂。天堂有三层，即最高层，中间层和最低层；那些通过重生获得对主之爱的人进入最高层天堂，那些获得对邻之爱的人进入中间天堂，那些只实践外在仁爱，但同时承认主为神救赎主和救主的人进入最低层天堂。所有这些人都得救了，但以不同的方式得救。
所有人都可以重生，从而得救，因为主及其神性良善和真理与每个人同在；这是每个人的生命，他的理解和意愿的能力，连同在属灵事物上的自由意志或自由选择的源头；这些恩赐在任何人里面都不缺乏。使用它们的方法也被赐下或提供了，基督徒的方法在圣言中，外邦人或非基督徒的方法在他们的宗教中，这些宗教教导有一位神，并提供了关于良善和邪恶的戒律。由此可知，每个人都可以得救；因此，如果人没有得救，这不是主的错，而是人的错，因为他不与主合作。
580. The reason why the heading asserts that we are capable of being regenerated in a way that suits the state we are in is that the uneducated, for example, are regenerated in a different way than the educated. People with different interests are regenerated in different ways. People who are in different lines of work are regenerated in different ways. People who study the outer meanings of the Word are regenerated in a different way than those who study its inner meanings. Those who inherited an earthly goodness from their parents are regenerated in a different way than those who inherited evil from their parents. People who have become heavily involved from an early age in the pointless pursuits of this world are regenerated in a different way than people who have discontinued those activities, whether they stopped them sooner or later in their lives. Briefly put, people who constitute the Lord's outer church are regenerated in a different way than people who constitute his inner church. The variety is in fact infinite, just like the variety of faces and minds. Despite the variety, however, absolutely all of us are capable of being regenerated and saved in a way that suits the state we are in.
[2] The truth of this can be seen by considering the heavens, and the fact that all people who have been regenerated go there. There are three heavens: the highest, the middle, and the lowest. If we receive love for the Lord as a result of our regeneration, we come into the highest heaven. If we receive love for our neighbor, we come into the middle heaven. If we practice only an outer goodwill and acknowledge the Lord as God the Redeemer and Savior, we come into the lowest heaven. All such people are saved, but in different ways.
[3] The reason why all are capable of being regenerated and saved is that the Lord is present with, and brings his divine goodness and truth to, every human being. This is the source of everyone's life and everyone's faculty of understanding and will and also everyone's free choice in spiritual matters. No human being is lacking these attributes. Everyone has also been given means that teach commandments concerning good and evil and the idea that there is a God. Christians find these teachings in the Word; non-Christians find them in whichever religion they are in.
From this it follows that everyone is capable of being saved. It is our own fault, not the Lord's fault, if we are not saved. It is our fault because we have not cooperated.
580. The reason why everyone can be regenerated depending on his state, is that the process is different with the simple and the learned, with those who have different pursuits, and undertake different duties; with those who research into the externals of the Word and those who research into its internals; with those whose parentage has brought them into natural good and those who have been brought into evil; with those who from childhood have plunged into the world's vanities, and those who have sooner or later distanced themselves from them. In short, there is a difference between those who make up the Lord's external church and those who make up the internal one. In this there is infinite variety, just as there is in faces and characters. But still each can be regenerated and saved depending on his state.
[2] The truth of this can be established from the heavens, to which all who are regenerated come, being three, highest, middle and lowest. Those come to the highest who through regeneration have acquired love to the Lord; to the middle one those who have acquired love towards the neighbour; to the lowest those who only exhibit external charity, and at the same time acknowledge the Lord as God the Redeemer and Saviour. All of these are saved, but in different ways.
[3] The reason why all can be regenerated and so saved is that the Lord is present with His Divine good and truth with every person. This is the source of his life, and of his ability to understand and will, and of the free will he has in spiritual matters; no one is without these. Moreover the means are given. Christians have the means in the Word, non-Christians in any religion at all, if it teaches the existence of God and commandments about good and evil. From this it follows that everyone can be saved. Consequently, if a person is not saved, it is not the Lord who is to blame but the person; and he is to blame for failing to co-operate.
580. Every man may be regenerated, each according to his state; for the simple and the learned are regenerated differently; as are those engaged in different pursuits, and those who fill different offices; those who search into the external things of the Word, and those who search into its internals; those who are principled in natural good from their parents, and those who are in evil; those who from their infancy have entered into the vanities of the world, and those who sooner or later have withdrawn from them; in a word, those who constitute the Lord's external church are regenerated differently from those who constitute His internal church, and this variety, like that of men's features and dispositions, is infinite; and yet everyone, according to his state, may be regenerated and saved.
[2] The truth of this can be seen in the heavens, to which all the regenerate go, in that there are three heavens, a highest, a middle, and a lowest; and those who by regeneration acquire love to the Lord enter the highest heaven, those who acquire love to the neighbor, enter the middle heaven, and those who merely practice external charity, but at the same time acknowledge the Lord as God the Redeemer and Savior, enter the lowest heaven. All these are saved but in different ways.
[3] All may be regenerated and thus saved, because the Lord with His Divine good and truth is present with every man; this is the source of everyone's life and his ability to understand and will, together with freedom of choice in spiritual things; in no man are these lacking. And the means to these are also given, for Christians in the Word, and for Gentiles in their religions, which teach that there is a God, and which furnish precepts respecting good and evil. From all this it follows that everyone may be saved; consequently that it is not the Lord's fault if man is not saved, but man's, because he does not co-operate.
580. Every one can be regenerated according to his state; for the process varies with the simple and the learned, and with those of different pursuits and employments. It varies with those who study the external content of the Word and those who study its internal content; and with those who are in natural good derived from their parents and those who are in natural evil. It varies also with those who from their infancy have plunged themselves into the vanities of the world and those who have sooner or later withdrawn themselves from them. In a word, it varies with those who constitute the Lord's external Church and those who constitute His internal Church. The variety is infinite, like that of men's faces and disposition; nevertheless every one can be regenerated and saved according to his state.
[2] That this is the case may be evident from the composition of the heavens, into which all the regenerate go. These are three in number, the highest, the middle and the lowest. To the highest those go who by regeneration receive love to the Lord; to the middle, those who have love towards the neighbor; and to the lowest, those who only practice external charity, and at the same time acknowledge the Lord as God, the Redeemer and Savior. All these are saved, but in different ways.
[3] All can be regenerated and thus saved because the Lord with His Divine Good and Truth is present with every man. From this presence every one has life, and hence the faculty of understanding and the faculty of willing, and to these is added free will in spiritual things. These gifts are wanting in no man; and means for their use are also provided; for Christians these are to be found in the Word, and for Gentiles in the religion of any one which teaches that there is a God, and sets forth precepts respecting good and evil. From all this it follows that every one can be saved; consequently if a man is not saved, the fault is not the Lord's but man's, because he fails to co-operate with the Lord.
580. Quod quisque secundum suum statum regenerari possit, est quia aliter simplices quam docti, aliter qui in diversis studiis sunt, et quoque in diversis officiis, aliter qui in scrutiniis de Verbi externis, et de ejus internis, aliter qui a parentibus in bono naturali sunt, quam qui in malo, aliter qui ab infantia in Mundi vanitates se intulerunt, et aliter qui citius aut serius 1 ab illis se removerunt; verbo, aliter qui externam Domini Ecclesiam constituunt, et aliter qui internam; est haec varietas infinita, sicut est facierum et animorum; sed usque unusquisque secundum suum statum regenerari et salvari potest.
[2] Quod ita sit, constare potest ex Coelis, in quos omnes regenerati veniunt, quod sint tres, Supremus, Medius, et Ultimus, et in Supremum veniunt illi, qui per regenerationem recipiunt amorem in Dominum, in Medium qui amorem erga proximum, in Ultimum, qui modo operantur Charitatem externam, et simul agnoscunt Dominum pro Deo Redemptore et Salvatore. Omnes hi salvati sunt, sed diversimode.
[3] Quod omnes possint regenerari et sic salvari, est quia Dominus cum Divino suo Bono et Vero est praesens apud omnem hominem, inde est vita cujusvis, et inde est facultas intelligendi et volendi, et his Liberum 2 arbitrium in spiritualibus; haec nulli homini desunt; et quoque data sunt media, Christianis in Verbo, et Gentilibus in cujusvis religione, quae docet quod Deus sit, et praecepta de bono et malo. Ex his sequitur hoc, quod quisque possit salvari; consequenter quod Dominus non in culpa sit, sed homo si non salvatur, et homo in culpa, quod non cooperetur.
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