“Mendicants, these four people are found in the world.
What four?
One person hasn’t given up the lower fetters, the fetters for getting reborn, or the fetters for getting a continued existence.
One person has given up the lower fetters, but not the fetters for getting reborn, or the fetters for getting a continued existence.
One person has given up the lower fetters and the fetters for getting reborn, but not the fetters for getting a continued existence.
One person has given up the lower fetters, the fetters for getting reborn, and the fetters for getting a continued existence.
What person hasn’t given up the lower fetters, the fetters for getting reborn, or the fetters for getting a continued existence?
A once-returner.
This is the person who hasn’t given up the lower fetters, the fetters for getting reborn, or the fetters for getting a continued existence.
What person has given up the lower fetters, but not the fetters for getting reborn, or the fetters for getting a continued existence?
One heading upstream, going to the Akaniṭṭha realm.
What person has given up the lower fetters and the fetters for getting reborn, but not the fetters for getting a continued existence?
One extinguished between one life and the next.
What person has given up the lower fetters, the fetters for getting reborn, and the fetters for getting a continued existence?
A perfected one.
These are the four people found in the world.”