488.“因为这是给了外邦人的”表因为这教会的状态被生活的邪恶摧毁和荒废了。这一点从“外邦人”的含义明显看出来，“外邦人”是指那些陷入生活的邪恶之人，抽象来说，是指生活的邪恶（147，483节）。
488. "For it has been given to the gentiles." This symbolically means, because, owing to evil practices, the state of that church has been lost and forsaken. This follows from the symbolic meaning of gentiles as being people caught up in evil practices, and abstractly, evil practices themselves (nos. 147, 483).
488. That 'For it has been given to the nations' signifies because the state of that Church has been destroyed and desolated by evils of life is established from the signification of 'the nations' as being those who are in evils of life, and abstractly evils of life (147, 483).
488. For it is given unto the Gentiles, signifies because the state of that church is destroyed and desolated by evils of life, as is evident from the signification of "Gentiles," as being those who are in evils of life, and, abstractly, evils of life, (147, 483).
488. "Quia datum est gentibus." - Quod significet quia status illius Ecclesiae a malis vitae deperditus et desolatus est, constat ex significatione "gentium," quod sint qui in malis vitae sunt, et abstracte mala vitae (147, 483).