1170. “西巴, 哈腓拉, 撒弗他, 拉玛, 撒弗提迦” 是指具有这类认知的很多民族, 因为在内义上, 这些民族表认知本身. 这从下面所引用的圣言经文清楚可知.

491. The same things are meant by 'sons and daughters' in verses 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 26, 30, of this chapter, but the character of a Church determines that of its 'sons and daughters', or goods and truths. Here they are truths and goods that men perceived most clearly, for they have regard to the Most Ancient Church, the head and forefather of all other Churches that followed after it.