Apocryphal books (New Testament); Christian heresies -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Gnosticism
man being upon the World, but he excelleth the whole Place of the
Treasury, and he will be exalted over all of it. He is a man being upon
the World, but he will become King with me in my kingdom. He is a man
[214^a] being upon the World, but he becometh King in the Light. He is a
man being upon the World, but not one (out) of the World is he, and Amen
I say to you, That man is I and I am that man: and in the dissolution of
the World, namely, whenever the Universe should be caught-up and
whenever should be caught-up all the number of the perfect souls, and I
become ruling in the midst of the last Helpers, ruling over all the
emanations of the Light, and ruling over the seven Amens, with the five
Trees, with the three Amens, with the nine Guards, and ruling over the
child of the child, namely the [214^b] Twin-saviours, and ruling over
the twelve Saviours, with all the number of the perfect souls, these
which will receive the mystery of the Light. And every man who will
receive the mystery in the Ineffable will become fellow-King with me,
they will sit on my right (hand) and on my left in my kingdom. And Amen
I say to you, Those men are I, and I am those. Because of this therefore
I said unto you once, Ye will sit upon your thrones on my right (hand)
and on my left in my Kingdom and ye will reign with me. Because of this
therefore I did not spare, nor was I ashamed, calling you, My brothers
and my [215^a] friends, because that ye will become fellow-Kings with me
in my kingdom.
These therefore I am saying them unto you, I am knowing that I shall
give to you the Mystery of the Ineffable, which Mystery is I, and I am
that Mystery. Now therefore not only ye will reign with me, but every
man who will receive the Mystery of the Ineffable, they will become
ruling with me in my kingdom, and I am them, and they are I: but my
throne will become more excellent than they, because that ye will suffer
in the World beyond every man, even until ye preach every word which I
shall say unto you: but your thrones will become fastened unto mine in
my kingdom. Because of this I said [215^b] unto you once, The place in
which I shall become, will become with me also my twelve Deacons: but
Maria the Magdalene with Iohannes the Virgin will become excelling all
my disciples. And every man who will receive Mystery of the Ineffable,
they will become on my left and on my right, and I am they and they are
I. And they will be equal with you in every thing. But nevertheless your
thrones will become excelling theirs, and my throne even mine will
become excelling yours. And every man who will find the word of the
Ineffable, Amen I say unto you, The men will know that word, they will
know the knowledge of all these words which I said unto you, those of
the depth and those of the height, those of the length with those of
[216^a] the breadth, in one word, they will know the knowledge of all
these words which I said unto you, and those which I said not unto you,
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