Apocryphal books (New Testament); Christian heresies -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Gnosticism
sins, MS) and also after these he turned, he became in a great
repentance, and he renounced all the World, and he ceased from all the
sins of the World, and ye knew in an exactness that [245^b] he was not
being hypocritical, but wishing for God in truth, turn again, forgive to
him, pass him on inwards, give to him the second mystery in the second
Space of the First Mystery: perhaps indeed ye (will) gain the soul of
that brother and he (will) inherit the kingdom of the Light. And also if
he did not do that which is worthy of the mysteries, and he became in
the transgression with every sin (the sins the sins, MS) and also after
these he turned, he became in a great repentance, he renounced all the
World with all its matter which is in it, and he ceased from the sins of
the World, and ye know truly that he was not being hypocritical but
wishing for God of the truth, turn ye again forgive to him, (and receive
from him his repentance, M) because a compassion of mercy is the First
Mystery: pass on, also, that man inwards, give [246^a] to him the three
mysteries one after (upon, MS) another in the second Space of the First
Mystery. If that man should transgress and become in every sin (the sins
the sins, MS) ye shall not forgive to him from this hour, nor shall ye
receive from him his repentances, but let him become among you as a
scandal and as transgressor: for Amen I say to you, Those three
mysteries will become to him witness unto his last repentance, and he
hath not repentance from that hour. Amen I say unto you, That man they
have not cast back his soul unto the World which is on the Height from
this hour, but it will become in the dwelling place of the dragon of the
Darkness which is outer. [246^b] For concerning the souls of these men
of this kind, I said unto you once in a parable saying, Whenever thy
brother sinneth against thee reprove him (thee, MS) between thee and him
alone. If he should hearken unto thee, thou wilt gain thy brother. If he
should not hearken unto thee, take with thee another, if he should not
hearken unto thee with the other, bring him unto the ecclesia, if he
should not hearken unto the others, let him become with you as a
scandal, [and] which is this, if he should not be profitable in the
first mystery, give to him the second; and if he should not be
profitable in the second, give to him the three one after another,
namely, the ecclesia, and if he should not be profitable in the third
mystery, [247^a] let him become with you as scandal and as transgressor.
And the word which I said unto you once, that upon witness two, as far
as three witnesses, every word shall stand, namely, those three
mysteries will be witness unto his last repentance: and Amen I say unto
you, Whenever that man should repent, having not any mystery (to)
forgive to him his sins, nor have they received his repentance from him,
nor have they heard him at all from any of the mysteries except from the
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