Apocryphal books (New Testament); Christian heresies -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Gnosticism
Arise, O Lord, and give heed unto my judgment. Give heed unto my
avenging, my God and my Lord. Judge me, O Lord, according to my
righteousness: let them not rejoice at me, my God, nor let them say,
Well (done), our soul! Let them not say, We swallowed him (up). Let them
be ashamed and be disgraced together, those who rejoice over my evil.
Let them clothe them with shame with disgrace, those who say great words
against me. Let them be glad and be joyful, those who wish my
righteousness [88^a] and let them say, Let the Lord be great and be
exalted. Let them be exalted, those who wish the peace of his servant.
My tongue will be glad for thy righteousness with thy honour in all the
day.
These therefore having said them Iakobos, said he Jesus, Well (and)
fairly (done), Iakobos: this is the explanation of the ninth repentance
of the Pistis Sophia. Amen, amen I say to you, Ye will be first in unto
the kingdom of the heavens before all the Invisibles with all the Gods
with all the Rulers, these which become in the thirteenth Aeon and in
the twelve Aeons. But ye, not ye alone, [88^b] but every one also who
will do my mysteries. But these having said them, said he to them,
Understand ye in what manner I am speaking with you? Sprang up again
Mariham, said she, Yea, O Lord, This is that which thou saidst to us
once, The last (ones) will be first, and the first (will) be last. The
first (ones) therefore (are those) whom they fashioned before us, the
Invisibles. Since they it is, who became before the mankind, they with
the Rulers, and the men who will receive mysteries, will be first
(before) them in unto the kingdom of the heavens. Said he to her Jesus,
Well (done), Mariham. Added also Jesus, said he to his disciples, It
happened therefore, she having uttered [89^a] the ninth repentance the
Pistis Sophia, oppressed her again the power of face of lion, wishing to
take away every power from her. She cried also up unto the Light,
saying, O Light, whom I believed from at first, because of whom I
suffered these great tribulations, help me. And they accepted from her
her repentance at that hour: heard her the First Mystery and they
dispatched me by his command, I came to help her, I brought her up from
the Chaos, because she repented, and also because that she believed the
Light, she suffered these great tribulations with these great dangers,
(she was deceived) by the Self-willed God, and she was not deceived by
any work except [89^b] by a power of light, because of the likeness to
the light which she believed. Because of this therefore they dispatched
me by the command of the First Mystery for me to help her in
concealment: but that I should not yet come unto the Place of the Aeons
altogether. But I came out of all their midst, not any power knew (it),
neither those of the inward part of the inward parts, nor those of the
outward part of the outward, except the First Mystery only.
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