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The Testimony of Truth

Translated by Sren Giversen and Birger A. Pearson
I will speak to those who know to hear not with the ears of the body but with the ears of the mind.
For many have sought after the truth and have not been able to find it; because there has taken
hold of them the old leaven of the Pharisees and the scribes of the Law. And the leaven is the errant
desire of the angels and the demons and the stars. As for the Pharisees and the scribes, it is they
who belong to the archons who have authority over them.
For no one who is under the Law will be able to look up to the truth, for they will not be able to serve
two masters. For the defilement of the Law is manifest; but undefilement belongs to the light. The
Law commands (one) to take a husband (or) to take a wife, and to beget, to multiply like the sand of
the sea. But passion, which is a delight to them, constrains the souls of those who are begotten in
this place, those who defile and those who are defiled, in order that the Law might be fulfilled
through them. And they show that they are assisting the world; and they turn away from the light,
who are unable to pass by the archon of darkness until they pay the last penny.
But the Son of Man came forth from Imperishability, being alien to defilement. He came to the world
by the Jordan river, and immediately the Jordan turned back. And John bore witness to the descent
of Jesus. For it is he who saw the power which came down upon the Jordan river; for he knew that
the dominion of carnal procreation had come to an end. The Jordan river is the power of the body,
that is, the senses of pleasures. The water of the Jordan is the desire for sexual intercourse. John is
the archon of the womb.

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El testimonio de la Verdad
Traducido al espaol por Jorge Santiago Leiva Delgado

Voy a hablar con los que saben escuchar, no con los odos del cuerpo, sino con
los odos de la mente. Pues muchos han buscado despus la verdad y no han sido
capaces de encontrarla; porque se ha apoderado de ellos la vieja levadura de los
fariseos y los escribas de la Ley. Y la levadura es el deseo errante de los ngeles y
los demonios y las estrellas. En cuanto a los fariseos y los escribas, son ellos los
que pertenecen a los arcontes que tienen autoridad sobre ellos.
Porque nadie que est bajo la Ley ser capaz de mirar a la verdad, porque ellos
no sern capaces de servir a dos seores. Pues la contaminacin de la Ley es
manifiesta; pero lo no contaminado pertenece a la luz. Los mandamientos de la
Ley (uno) para tomar un marido (o) para tomar una esposa, y para engendrar,
multiplicarse como la arena del mar. Pero la pasin, que es una delicia para ellos,

limita las almas de los que son engendrados en este lugar, los que contaminan y
los que estn contaminados, con el fin de que la Ley se cumpliera a travs de
ellos. Y ellos muestran que estn ayudando al mundo; y ellos se alejan de la luz,
que no pueden pasar por el arconte de la oscuridad hasta que paguen el ltimo
centavo.
Pero el Hijo del Hombre sali de lo Imperecedero, siendo ajeno a la impureza. l
vino al mundo por el ro Jordn, y de inmediato el Jordn se volvi atrs. Y Juan
dio testimonio de la venida de Jess. Porque es el que vio el poder que descendi
sobre el ro Jordn; pues saba que el dominio de la procreacin carnal haba
llegado a su fin. El ro Jordn es el poder del cuerpo, es decir, los sentidos de los
placeres. El agua del Jordn es el deseo de tener relaciones sexuales. Juan es el
arconte de la matriz.

And this is what the Son of Man reveals to us: It is fitting for you (pl.) to receive the word of truth, if
one will receive it perfectly. But as for one who is in ignorance, it is difficult for him to diminish his
works of darkness which he has done. Those who have known Imperishability, however, have been
able to struggle against passions [...]. I have said to you, "Do not build nor gather for yourselves in
the place where the brigands break open, but bring forth fruit to the Father."
The foolish - thinking in their heart that if they confess, "We are Christians," in word only (but) not
with power, while giving themselves over to ignorance, to a human death, not knowing where they
are going nor who Christ is, thinking that they will live, when they are (really) in error - hasten
towards the principalities and authorities. They fall into their clutches because of the ignorance that
is in them. For (if) only words which bear testimony were effecting salvation, the whole world would
endure this thing and would be saved. But it is in this way that they drew error to themselves. ...
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... they do not know that they will destroy themselves. If the Father were to desire a human
sacrifice, he would become vainglorious.
For the Son of Man clothed himself with their first-fruits; he went down to Hades and performed
many mighty works. He raised the dead therein; and the world-rulers of darkness became envious
of him, for they did not find sin in him. But he also destroyed their works from among men, so that
the lame, the blind, the paralytic, the dumb, (and) the demon-possessed were granted healing. And
he walked upon the waters of the sea. For this reason he destroyed his flesh from [...] which he [...].
And he became [...] salvation [...] his death ...
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... everyone [...] how many they are! They are blind guides, like the disciples. They boarded the
ship; at about thirty stadies, they saw Jesus walking on the sea. These are empty martyrs, since
they bear witness only to themselves. And yet they are sick, and they are not able to raise
themselves.

Y esto es lo que el Hijo del hombre nos revela: Es apropiado para ustedes (pl.)
para recibir la palabra de verdad, si uno la va a recibir a la perfeccin. Pero en
cuanto a uno que est en la ignorancia, es difcil para l disminuir sus obras de
las tinieblas, que l ha hecho. Aquellos que han conocido la Inmutabilidad(lo

Imperecedero), sin embargo, han sido capaces de luchar contra las pasiones [...].
Yo les he dicho: "No construyan ni se reunan por vosotros mismos en el lugar
donde los bandidos se fugan, pero dan fruto al Padre."
Los necios - pensando en su corazn que si ellos confiesan, "Somos Cristianos",
en palabras solamente (pero) no con poder, mientras que se entregan en la
ignorancia, a una muerte humana, sin saber a dnde van ni quin es Cristo,
pensando que ellos van a vivir, cuando estn (de verdad) en el error - se
apresuran hacia los principados y autoridades. Ellos caen en sus garras a causa de
la ignorancia que hay en ellos. Pues (si) solo palabras soportan el testimonio para
efectuar la salvacin, el mundo entero soportara estas cosas y estara salvado.
Pero es de esta manera que dibujaron error a s mismos. ...
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... elllos no saben que ellos van a destruirse a s mismos. Si el Padre era de desear
un sacrificio humano, l se convertira vanidoso.
Porque el Hijo del Hombre se visti a s mismo con sus primeros-frutos;
descendi al Hades y realiz muchos milagros. l resucit a los muertos en el
mismo; y los gobernadores-del-mundo de la oscuridad se convirtieron en la
envidia de l, porque no encontraron pecado en l. Pero l tambin destruy sus
obras de entre los hombres, de modo que los cojos, los ciegos, el paraltico, el
mudo, (y) a los demonio-posedos les concedi la curacin. Y l anduvo sobre las
aguas del mar. Por esta razn, l destruy su carne a partir de [...] que l [...]. Y se
convirti en [...] la salvacin [...] su muerte ...
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... todos [...] cuntos son! Son guas ciegos, como los discpulos. Ellos
abordaron el bote; a unos treinta estadios, vieron a Jess caminando sobre el mar.
Estos son mrtires vacos, ya que dan testimonio slo para s mismos. Y sin
embargo, ellos estn enfermos, y no son capaces de elevarse ellos mismos.

But when they are "perfected" with a (martyr's) death, this is the thought that they have within them:
"If we deliver ourselves over to death for the sake of the Name we will be saved." These matters are
not settled in this way. But through the agency of the wandering stars they say they have
"completed" their futile "course", and [...] say, [...]. But these [...] they have delivered themselves ...
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... but they resemble [...] them. They do not have the word which gives life.

And some say, "On the last day we will certainly arise in the resurrection." But they do not know
what they are saying, for the last day is when those belonging to Christ [...] the earth, which is [...].
When the time was fulfilled, he destroyed their archon of darkness [...] soul(s) ...
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... he stood [...] they asked what they have been bound with, and how they might properly release
themselves. And they came to know themselves, who they are, or rather, where they are now, and
what is the place in which they will rest from their senselessness, arriving at knowledge. These
Christ will transfer to the heights, since they have renounced foolishness (and have) advanced to
knowledge. And those who have knowledge ...
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... the great [...] resurrection [...], he has to come to know the Son of Man, that is, he has come to
know himself. This is the perfect life, that man know himself by means of the All.

Pero cuando ellos se "perfeccionan" con una muerte de un (mrtir), este es el

pensamiento que tienen dentro de ellos: "Si nos entregamos nosotros mismos a la
muerte por causa del Nombre seremos salvos." Estas cuestiones no se resuelven
de esta forma. Pero a travs de la agencia de las estrellas errantes ellos dicen que
han "completado" su "curso" intil, y [...] dicen, [...]. Pero estos [...] se han
entregado a s mismos ...
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... pero se asemejan [...]a ellos. Ellos no tienen la palabra que da vida.
Y algunos dicen, "En el ltimo da sin duda subiremos a la resurreccin." Pero
ellos no saben lo que estn diciendo, pues el ltimo da es cuando los que
pertenecen a Cristo [...] la tierra, que es [...]. Cuando se cumpli el tiempo, l
destruy su arconte de la oscuridad [...] alma (s) ...
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... el permaneci [...] le preguntaron con que ellos haban sido atado, y cmo
podran liberarse adecuadamente a s mismos. Y ellos llegaron a conocerse a s
mismos, lo que son, o mejor dicho, donde ellos estn ahora, y cual es el lugar en
el que descansarn de sus sinsentidos, llegando al conocimiento. Este Cristo los
transferir a las alturas, ya que han renunciado a la necedad (y han) avanzado al
conocimiento. Y los que tienen el conocimiento ...
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... la gran resurreccin [...] [...], l tiene que llegar a conocer al Hijo del Hombre,
es decir, l ha llegado a conocerse a s mismo. Esta es la vida perfecta, que el
hombre se conoce a s mismo por medio del Todo.

Do not expect, therefore, the carnal resurrection, which is destruction; and they are not stripped of it
(the flesh) who err in expecting a resurrection that is empty. They do not know the power of God,
nor do they understand the interpretation of the scriptures, on account of their double-mindedness.
The mystery which the Son of Man spoke about, [...], in order that [...] destroy ...
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... man who [...] book, which is written [...] for they have ...
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... blessed [...] within them, and they dwell before God under the light yoke. Those who do not have
the life-giving word in their heart will die; and in their thought they have become manifest to the Son
of Man, according to the manner of their activity and their error [...] of this sort. They [...] as he
divides the [...], and they do not understand that the Son of Man is coming from him.
But when they have come up to [...] sacrifice, they die in a human way, and they deliver
themselves ...
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... a death ...
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... those who [...], they are many [...], each one [...] pervert [...] gain [...] their mind. Those who
receive him to themselves with uprightness and power and every knowledge are the ones whom he
will transfer to the heights, unto life eternal.
But those who receive him to themselves with ignorance, the pleasures which are defiled prevail
over them. It is those people who used to say; "God created members for our use, for us to grow in
defilement, in order that we might enjoy ourselves." And they cause God to participate with them in
deeds of this sort; and they are not steadfast upon the earth. Nor will they reach heaven, but [...]
place will [...] four ...
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... unquenchable ...
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... word [...] upon the Jordan river, when he came to John at the time he was baptized. The Holy
Spirit came down upon him as a dove [...] accept for ourselves that he was born of a virgin and he
took flesh; he [...] having received power. Were we also begotten from a virginal state or conceived
by the word? Rather, we have been born again by the word. Let us therefore strengthen ourselves
as virgins in the [...].

No hay que esperar, por lo tanto, la resurreccin carnal, que es la destruccin; y

ellos no son despojados de ella (la carne) que yerran esperando una resurreccin
que est vaca. Ellos no conocen el poder de Dios, ni tampoco entienden la
interpretacin de las Escrituras, a causa de su doble mentalidad. El misterio que
el Hijo del hombre habl, [...], para que [...] destruir ...
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... Hombre que [...] el libro, que est escrito [...] porque ellos tienen ...
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... benditas [...] dentro de ellos, y ellos viven delante de Dios bajo el yugo ligero.
Los que no tienen la palabra que da vida en su corazn morirn; y en su
pensamiento ellos han llegado a manifestar al Hijo del Hombre, de acuerdo con

la forma de su actividad y su error [...] de este tipo. Ellos [...] como l divide el
[...], y ellos no entienden que el Hijo del Hombre vendr de l.
Pero cuando han llegado hasta [...] el sacrificio, ellos mueren de una manera
humana, y se entregan a s mismos ...
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... una muerte ...
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... aquellos que [...], que son muchos [...], cada uno [...] pervertido [...] ganar [...]
su mente. Los que lo reciben a s mismos con la rectitud y el poder y cada
conocimiento son los que l transferir a las alturas, a la vida eterna.
Pero los que lo reciben a s mismos con la ignorancia, los placeres que se
contaminaron prevalecen sobre ellos. Son esas personas que solan decir; "Dios
cre a los miembros para nuestro uso, para que crezcamos en la contaminacin,
con el fin de que podamos disfrutar de nosotros mismos." Y elllos que causan a
Dios a participar con ellos en obras de este tipo; y no son firmes en la tierra.
Tampoco van a llegar al cielo, pero [...] lugar [...] de cuatro ...
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... Insaciable ...
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... palabra [...] en el ro Jordn, cuando l vino a Juan en el momento que fue
bautizado. El Espritu Santo descendi sobre l en forma de paloma [...] aceptar
para nosotros mismos que naci de una virgen y l se hizo carne; l [...] despus
de haber recibido el poder. Estbamos tambin engendrados a partir de un
estado virginal o concebidos por la palabra? Ms bien, hemos nacido de nuevo
por la palabra. Por lo tanto, pues fortalecemos a nosotros mismos como vrgenes
en el [...].

The males dwell [...] the virgin, by means of [...] in the word [...]. But the word of [...] and spirit ...
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... is the Father [...] for the man ...
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... like Isaiah, who was sawed with a saw, (and) he became two. So also the Son of Man divides us

by the word of the cross. It divides the day from the night and the light from the darkness and the
corruptible from incorruptibility, and it divides the males from the females. But Isaiah is the type of
the body. The saw is the word of the Son of Man, which separates us from the error of the angels.
No one knows the God of truth except solely the man who will forsake all of the things of the world,
having renounced the whole place, (and) having grasped the fringe of his garment. He has set
himself up as a power; he has subdued desire in every way within himself. He has [...] and he has
turned to him [...], having also examined [...] in becoming [...] the mind. And he [...] from his soul [...]
there [...] he has ...
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... in what way [...] the flesh which [...] in what way [...] out of it, and how many powers does he
have? And who is the one who has bound him? And who is the one who will loose him? And what is
the light? And what is the darkness? And who is the one who has created the earth? And who is
God? And who are the angels? And what is soul? And what is spirit? And where is the voice? And
who is the one who speaks? And who is the one who hears? Who is the one who gives pain? And
who is the one who suffers? And who is it who has begotten the corruptible flesh? And what is the
governance? And why are some lame, and some blind, and some [...], and some [...], and some
rich, and some poor? And why are some powerless, some brigands? ...
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... he having [...] as he again [...], fighting against thoughts of the archons and the powers and the
demons, not giving them a place in which to rest. But he struggled against their passions [...], he
condemned their error. He cleansed his soul from the transgressions which he had committed with
an alien hand. He stood up, being upright within himself, because he exists in everyone, and
because he has death and life within himself, and he exists in the midst of both of them. And when
he had received the power, he turned towards the parts of the right, and he entered into the truth,
having forsaken all things pertaining to the left, having been filled with wisdom, with counsel, with
understanding, and with insight and an eternal power. And he broke open his bonds. Those who
had formed the whole place, he condemned. But they did not find [...] hidden within him.

Los hombres habitan [...] la virgen, por medio de [...] en la palabra [...]. Pero la
palabra de [...] y el espritu ...
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... Es el Padre [...] para el hombre ...
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... Como Isaas, que fue cortado con una sierra, (y) se convirti en dos. As
tambin el Hijo del Hombre nos divide por la palabra de la cruz. Divide el da de
la noche y la luz de la oscuridad y lo corruptible de incorruptibilidad, y divide a
los machos de las hembras. Pero Isaas es el tipo del cuerpo. La sierra es la
palabra del Hijo del Hombre, que nos separa de el error de los ngeles.
Nadie conoce al Dios de la verdad, excepto nicamente el hombre que va a
abandonar todas las cosas del mundo, despus de haber renunciado a todo lugar,
(y) habiendo comprendido el borde de su vestido. l se ha establecido a s mismo
como un poder; l ha sometido el deseo en toda manera dentro de s mismo. l

tiene [...] y l se ha convertido para l [...], habiendo examinado tambin [...] en

convertirse en [...] la mente. Y l [...] a partir de su alma [...] hay [...] l tiene ...
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... en qu manera [...] la carne que [...] de qu manera [...] fuera de l, y cuntos
poderes l tiene? Y quin es el que lo ha unido? Y quin es el que lo va a
perder? Y qu es la luz? Y cul es la oscuridad? Y quin es el que ha creado la
tierra? Y quin es Dios? Y quines son los ngeles? Y qu es el alma? Y cul
es el espritu? Y dnde est la voz? Y quin es el que habla? Y quin es el que
oye? Quin es el que da el dolor? Y quin es el que sufre? Y quin es el que ha
engendrado la carne corruptible? Y qu es la gobernanza? Y por qu son
algunos cojos, y algunos ciegos, y algunos [...], y algunos [...], y algunos ricos y
otros pobres? Y por qu son algunos impotentes, algunos bandoleros? ...
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... el tiene [...] como l de nuevo [...], luchando contra los pensamientos de los
arcontes y los poderes y los demonios, no dndoles un lugar en el que descansar.
Pero l luch contra sus pasiones [...], l conden su error. l limpi su alma de
las transgresiones que haba cometido con una mano ajena. Se puso de pie,
siendo vertical dentro de s mismo, porque existe en todos, y porque l tiene la
muerte y la vida dentro de s mismo, y l existe en el medio de todos. Y habiendo
recibido el poder, se volvi hacia las partes de la derecha, y l entr en la verdad,
despus de haber abandonado todas las cosas pertenecientes a la izquierda,
habiendo sido lleno de sabidura, con el consejo, con entendimiento, y con una
visin y un poder eterno. Y l rompi sus ataduras. A aquellos que haban
formado todo el lugar, l conden. Pero ellos no lo encontraron [...] oculto dentro
de l.
And he gave command to himself; he began to know himself and to speak with his mind, which is
the father of the truth, concerning the unbegotten aeons, and concerning the virgin who brought
forth the light. And he thinks about the power which flowed over the whole place, and which takes
hold of him. And he is a disciple of his mind, which is male. He began to keep silent within himself
until the day when he should become worthy to be received above. He rejects for himself loquacity
and disputations, and he endures the whole place; and he bears up under them, and he endures all
of the evil things. And he is patient with every one; he makes himself equal to every one, and he
also separates himself from them. And that which someone wants, he brings to him, in order that he
might become perfect (and) holy. When the [...], he grasped him, having bound him upon [...], and
he was filled with wisdom. He bore witness to the truth [...] the power, and he went into
Imperishability, the place whence he came forth, having left the world, which has the appearance of
the night, and those that whirl the stars in it. This, therefore, is the true testimony: When man comes
to know himself and God, who is over the truth, he will be saved, and he will crown himself with the
crown unfading.

John was begotten by the World through a woman, Elizabeth; and Christ was begotten by the world
through a virgin, Mary. What is (the meaning of) this mystery? John was begotten by means of a
womb worn with age, but Christ passed through a virgin's womb. When she had conceived, she
gave birth to the Savior. Furthermore, she was found to be a virgin again. Why, then do you (pl.) err
and not seek after these mysteries, which were prefigured for our sake?
It is written in the Law concerning this, when God gave a command to Adam, "From every tree you
may eat, but from the tree which is in the midst of Paradise do not eat, for on the day that you eat
from it, you will surely die." But the serpent was wiser than all the animals that were in Paradise,
and he persuaded Eve, saying, "On the day when you eat from the tree which is in the midst of
Paradise, the eyes of your mind will be opened." And Eve obeyed, and she stretched forth her
hand; she took from the tree and ate; she also gave to her husband with her. And immediately they
knew that they were naked, and they took some fig-leaves (and) put them on as girdles.

Y l dio orden a s mismo; l comenz a conocerse a s mismo y hablar con su

mente, que es el padre de la verdad, en relacin con los eones no engendrados, y
acerca de la virgen que trajo la luz. Y pens en el poder que flua por todo el
lugar, y que se apoderaba de l. Y l es un discpulo de su mente, que es
masculina. Empez a guardar silencio dentro de s mismo hasta el da en que l
debera convertirse en digno de ser recibido arriba. Rechaza por s mismo la
locuacidad y las disputas, y l perdura en todo lugar; y l las soporta debajo de
ellas, y l aguanta todas las cosas malas. Y l es paciente para con todos; l se
hace igual a cada uno, y l tambin se separa de ellos. Y lo que alguien quiere, l
le trae con l, con el fin de que pudiera llegar a ser perfecto (y) santo. Cuando el
[...], l lo asimila, habindole atado sobre [...], y l estaba lleno de sabidura. l
dio testimonio de la verdad [...] el poder, y l entr en la Inmutabilidad, el lugar
de donde sali, despus de haber dejado el mundo, que tiene la apariencia de la
noche, y aquellos que giran las estrellas en el mismo. Esto, por lo tanto, es el
verdadero testimonio: Cuando el hombre llega a conocerse a s mismo y a Dios,
que est sobre la verdad, ser salvo, y l se coronar a s mismo con la inmortal
corona.
Juan fue engendrado por el Mundo a travs de una mujer, Elizabeth; y Cristo fue
engendrado por el mundo a travs de una virgen, Mara. Cul es (el significado
de) este misterio? Juan fue engendrado por medio de un vientre desgastado con la
edad, pero Cristo pas por el vientre de una virgen. Cuando ella haba concebido,
dio a luz al Salvador. Adems, se hall que haba de ser virgen otra vez. Por qu,
entonces ustedes (pl.) erran y no buscan despus de estos misterios, que se
prefiguraban por nuestro bien?
Est escrito en la Ley en relacin con esto, cuando Dios dio una orden a Adn:
"De todo rbol puedes comer, pero del rbol que est en medio del Paraso no
comers, porque el da que de l comas, ciertamente morirs ". Pero la serpiente
era la ms sabia que todos los animales que estaban en el Paraso, y persuadi a
Eva, diciendo: "El da en que ustedes coman del rbol que est en medio del

Paraso, los ojos de tu mente se abrirn." Y Eva obedeci, y ella extendi su

mano; ella tom del rbol y comi; y ella dio tambin a su marido para que
comiera con ella. Y de inmediato supieron que estaban desnudos, y tomaron
algunas hojas de higuera (y) se las pusieron como fajas.

But God came at the time of evening, walking in the midst of Paradise. When Adam saw him, he hid
himself. And he said, "Adam, where are you?" He answered (and) said, "I have come under the fig
tree." And at that very moment, God knew that he had eaten from the tree of which he had
commanded him, "Do not eat of it." And he said to him, "Who is it who has instructed you?" And
Adam answered, "The woman whom you have given me." And the woman said, "It is the serpent
who instructed me." And he (God) cursed the serpent, and called him "devil." And he said, "Behold,
Adam has become like one of us, knowing evil and good." Then he said, "Let us cast him out of
paradise, lest he take from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever."
But what sort is this God? First he maliciously refused Adam from eating of the tree of knowledge,
and, secondly, he said "Adam, where are you?" God does not have foreknowledge? Would he not
know from the beginning? And afterwards, he said, "Let us cast him out of this place, lest he eat of
the tree of life and live forever." Surely, he has shown himself to be a malicious grudger! And what
kind of God is this? For great is the blindness of those who read, and they did not know him. And he
said, "I am the jealous God; I will bring the sins of the fathers upon the children until three (and) four
generations." And he said, "I will make their heart thick, and I will cause their mind to become blind,
that they might not know nor comprehend the things that are said." But these things he has said to
those who believe in him and serve him!
And in one place, Moses writes, "He made the devil a serpent <for> those whom he has in his
generation." Also, in the book which is called "Exodus," it is written thus: "He contended against the
magicians, when the place was full of serpents according to their wickedness; and the rod which
was in the hand of Moses became a serpent, (and) it swallowed the serpents of the magicians."

Pero Dios vino a la hora de la tarde, paseando en medio del Paraso. Cuando
Adn le vio, se escondi. Y l dijo: "Adn, dnde ests?" l respondi (y) dijo:
"He venido debajo de la higuera." Y en ese mismo momento, Dios saba que
haba comido del rbol del que le haba mandado no comer: "No comas de l." Y
l le dijo: "Quin es el que te ha instruido?" Y Adn respondi: "La mujer que
me has dado." Y la mujer dijo: "Es la serpiente que me instruy." Y l (Dios)
maldijo a la serpiente, y la llam "diablo". Y l dijo: "He aqu, Adam es como
uno de nosotros, sabiendo el mal y el bien." Luego l dijo: "Vamos a echarlo
fuera del paraso, para que no tome del rbol de la vida, y coma y viva para
siempre."
Pero, qu tipo es este Dios? Primero l maliciosamente neg a Adn de comer
del rbol del conocimiento, y, en segundo lugar, l dijo "Adn, dnde ests?"
Dios no tiene conocimiento previo? l no saba desde el principio? Y despus,
l dijo: "Vamos a echarle fuera de este lugar, para que no coma del rbol de la
vida y viva para siempre." Sin duda, l se ha demostrado ser un resentido

malicioso! Y qu clase de Dios es este? Porque grande es la ceguera de los que

leen, y que no lo conocen a l. Y l dijo: "Yo soy el Dios celoso, yo traigo los
pecados de los padres sobre los hijos hasta las tres (y) cuatro generaciones." Y l
dijo: "Voy a hacer su corazn grueso, y har que su mente se vuelva ciega, para
que no pueda saber ni comprender las cosas que se dicen." Pero estas cosas que l
ha dicho a aquellos que creen en l y le sirven!
Y en un solo lugar, Moiss escribe: "l hizo el diablo una serpiente <para>
aquellos que l tiene en su generacin." Adems, en el libro que se llama
"xodo", est escrito as: "l lidi contra los magos, cuando el lugar estaba lleno
de serpientes de acuerdo a su maldad, y la vara que estaba en la mano de Moiss
se convirti en una serpiente, (y) se trag las serpientes de los magos.
Again it is written (Nm 21:9), "He made a serpent of bronze (and) hung it upon a pole ...
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... which [...] for the one who will gaze upon this bronze serpent, none will destroy him, and the one
who will believe in this bronze serpent will be saved." For this is Christ; those who believed in him
have received life. Those who did not believe will die.
What, then, is this faith? They do not serve ...
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... and you (pl.) [...] we [...] and you do not understand Christ spiritually when you say, "We believe
in Christ". For this is the way Moses writes in every book. The book of the generation of Adam is
written for those who are in the generation of the Law. They follow the Law and they obey it, and ...
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... the Ogdoad, which is the eighth, and that we might receive that place of salvation." But they know
not what salvation is, but they enter into misfortune, and into a [...] in death, in the waters. This is
the baptism of death which they observe ...
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... come to death [...] and this is [...] according to ...
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... he completed the course of Valentinus. He himself speaks about the Ogdoad, and his disciples
resemble the disciples of Valentinus. They on their part, moreover, [...] leave the good, but they
have worship of the idols ...
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... he has spoken many words, and he has written many books [...] words ...
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... they are manifest from the confusion in which they are, in the deceit of the world. For they go to
that place, together with their knowledge, which is vain.

Tambin est escrito (Nm 21: 9), "l hizo una serpiente de bronce (y) la colg
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... Lo que [...] para el que contemplar esta serpiente de bronce, ninguno lo
destruir a l, y el que va a creer en esta serpiente de bronce ser salvo "Porque
esto es Cristo; aquelloos que creen en l han recibido la vida. Los que no crean
morirn.
Entonces, qu es la fe? DEllos no sirven ...
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... y ustedes(pl.) [...] nosotros [...] y no entiendes a Cristo espiritualmente cuando
usted dice: "Creemos en Cristo". Porque ste es el camino que Moiss escribe en
todos los libros. El Libro de la generacin de Adn est escrito para aquellos que
estn en la generacin de la Ley. Ellos siguen la Ley y ellos obedecen, y ...
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... La Ogdada, que es el octavo, y que nosotros recibiramos este lugar de
salvacin. "Pero ellos no saben lo que es la salvacin, sino que entran en la
desgracia, y en un [...] en muerte, en las aguas . Este es el bautismo de muerte
que ellos observan ...
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... l complet el curso de Valentino. l mismo habla de la Ogdada, y sus
discpulos se asemejan a los discpulos de Valentn. Ellos por su parte, por otra
parte, [...] dejan lo bueno, pero ellos han adorado los dolos ...
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... l ha hablado muchas palabras, y l ha escrito muchos libros [...] palabras ...
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... ellos se manifiestan de la confusin en que se encuentran, en el engao del
mundo. Para que vayan a ese lugar, junto con su conocimiento, que es vano.

Isidore also, his son, resembled Basilides. He also [...] many, and he [...], but he did not [...] this [...]
other disciple(s) [...] blind [...], but he gave them [...] pleasures ...
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... they do not agree with each other. For the Simonians take wives (and) beget children; but the [...]
abstain from their [...] nature [...] a passion [...] the drops of [...] anoint them ...
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... which we [...] they agree with each other [...] him [...] they ...
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... judgment(s) [...] these, on account of the [...] them [...] the heretics [...] schism(s) [...] and the
males [...] are men [...] will belong to the world-rulers of darkness ...
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... judge them [...]. But the [...] word(s) of ...
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... speak, while they [...] become [...] in a fire unquenchable [...] they are punished.
But these who are from the generation of the Son of Man have revealed to the [...] in all of the
affairs ...
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... But it is difficult to [...] to find one [...] and two ...
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... For the Savior said to his disciples, [...] one in ...
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... and he has [...] wisdom, as well as counsel and understanding and intelligence and knowledge
and power and truth. And he has some [...] from above [...], the place where the Son of Man ...
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... he received baptism [...], and those that ...
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Isidoro tambin, su hijo, se parecan a Baslides. l tambin [...] varios, y l [...],

pero l no [...] esta [...] otros discpulo (s) [...] ciegos [...], pero l les dio [...]
placeres ...
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... ellos no estn de acuerdo entre s. Pues los Simonianos toman esposas (y)
engendrar hijos; pero [...] se abstengan desde [...] naturaleza [...] una pasin [...]
las gotas de [...] ungirlos ...
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... juicio (s) [...] estos, en cuenta del [...] ellos [...] los herejes [...] cisma(s) [...] y
los hombres [. ..] son hombres [...] pertenecern a los gobernadores del mundo de
las tinieblas ...
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... del mundo ...
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... ellos tienen [...] los arcontes [...] podere (s) ...
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... juzgarlos [...]. Sin embargo, el [...] palabra (s) de ...
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... hablan, mientras ellos [...] se convierten en [...] en un fuego inextinguible [...]
ellos son castigados.
Pero estos que son de la generacin del Hijo del Hombre han revelado a la [...] en
todos los asuntos ...
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... Pero es difcil [...] para encontrar uno [...] y dos ...
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... Pues el Salvador dijo a sus discpulos: [...] uno de cada ...
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... y l tiene [...] la sabidura, as como consejo y el entendimiento y la
inteligencia y el conocimiento y el poder y la verdad. Y l tiene alguna [...] desde
arriba [...], el lugar donde el Hijo del hombre ...
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... poder [...] guarda en contra ...

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... l sabe [...] entiende ...
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... digna de l [...] cierto [...] extrao [...]. Pero [...], junto con [...] el mal, en ...
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... in a dream [...] silver [...]. But [...] becomes wealthy [...] among the authorities ...
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... But the sixtieth [...], thus [...] world [...] they [...] gold ...
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... to find from [...] defilement which ...
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... they do not blaspheme [...] them not, neither is there any pleasure nor desire, nor can they
control them. It is fitting that they should become undefiled, in order that they might show to every
one that they are from the generation of the Son of Man, since it is about them that the Savior bore
witness.

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... En un sueo [...] plata [...]. Pero [...] se convierte en rico [...] entre las
autoridades ...
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Pero el mundo sexagsimo [...], por lo que [...]mundo [...] ellos [...] de oro ... ...
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... hemos quedado libres de la carne. ...
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... el principio [...] un hijo ...
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... fuera de [...], que es el patrn de [...] luz de ...
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... ellos no blasfeman [...] a ellos no, y no hay ningn placer ni deseo, ni ellos
pueden controlarlos. Es apropiado que ellos vendran a ser sin mancha, con el fin
de que pudieran mostrar a cada uno que son de la generacin del Hijo del
Hombre, ya que es en ellos que el Salvador dio testimonio.
But those who are from the seed of Adam are manifest by their deeds, which are their work. They
have not ceased from desire which is wicked [...]. But some [...] the dogs [...] the angels for [...]
which they beget [...] will come [...] with their ...
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... move as they [...] on the day when they will beget children. Not only that, but they have
intercourse while they are giving suck.
But others are caught up in the death of [...]. They are pulled <every> which way, (and) they are
gratified by unrighteous Mammon. They lend money at interest; they waste time; and they do not
work. But he who is father of Mammon is (also) father of sexual intercourse.
But he who is able to renounce them shows that he is from the generation of the Son of Man, (and)
has power to accuse them. [...] he restrains [...] part(s) in a [...] in wickedness, and he makes the
outer like the inner. He resembles an angel which ...
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... power [...] said them. But the one ...
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And having withdrawn [...], he became silent, having ceased from loquacity and disputations. But he
who has found the life-giving word, and he who has come to know the Father of Truth, has come to
rest; he has ceased seeking, having found. And when he found, he became silent. But few are the
things he used to say to those that [...] with their intellectual mind the [...].

Pero los que son de la semilla de Adn se manifiestan por sus hechos, que son su
trabajo. Ellos no han cesado del deseo que es impo [...]. Pero algunos [...] los
perros [...] los ngeles para [...] que se engendran [...] vendr [...] con su ...
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... cambian como ellos [...] el da que van a engendrar hijos. No slo eso, sino que
tienen relaciones sexuales mientras estn dando chupadas.
Pero otros estn atrapados en la muerte de [...]. Ellos son tirados <cada> de qu
manera, (y) ellos son congratulados por el injusto Mammn. Prestan dinero a
inters; pierden el tiempo; y que no trabajan. Pero el que es padre de Mammon es
(tambin) padre de las relaciones sexuales.
Pero el que es capaz de renunciar a ellas muestra que l es de la generacin del
Hijo del Hombre, (y) tiene poder para acusarlos. [...] l restringe [...] parte (s) en
un [...] en la maldad, y l hace el exterior como el interior. Se asemeja a un ngel
que ...
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... poder [...] les dijo. Pero el uno...
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Y despus de haber retirado [...], l se convirti en silencio, despus de haber
reposado de la locuacidad y las disputas. Pero el que ha encontrado la palabra
que da vida, y el que ha llegado a conocer al Padre de la Verdad, ha llegado a
descansar; que ha cesado la bsqueda, despus de haber encontrado. Y cuando l
encontr, l lleg a estar en silencio. Pero pocas son las cosas que l sola decir a
los que [...] con la mente intelectual l [...].
There are some, who upon entering the faith, receive a baptism on the ground that they have it as a
hope of salvation, which they call the "seal", not knowing that the fathers of the world are manifest
(in) that place. But he himself knows that he is sealed. For the Son of Man did not baptize any of his
disciples. But [...], if those who are baptized were headed for life, the world would become empty.
And the fathers of baptism were defiled.
But the baptism of truth is something else; it is by renunciation of the world that it is found. But those
who say only with the tongue that they are renouncing it are lying, and they are coming to the place
of fear. Moreover, they are humbled within it. Just as those to whom it was given to have been
condemned, they shall get something!
They are wicked in their behavior! Some of them fall away to the worship of idols. Others have
demons dwelling with them, as did David the king. He is the one who laid the foundation of
Jerusalem; and his son Solomon, whom he begat in adultery, is the one who built Jerusalem by

means of the demons, because he received power. When he had finished building, he imprisoned
the demons in the temple. He placed them into seven waterpots. They remained a long time in the
waterpots, abandoned there. When the Romans went up to Jerusalem, they discovered the
waterpots, and immediately the demons ran out of the waterpots, as those who escape from prison.
And the waterpots remained pure thereafter. And since those days, they dwell with men who are in
ignorance, and they have remained upon the earth.

Hay algunos, que al entrar en la fe, recibe el bautismo en el suelo que ellos tienen
como una esperanza de salvacin, que ellos llaman el "sello", sin saber que los
padres del mundo se manifiestan (en) ese lugar. Pero l mismo sabe que l est
sellado. Porque el Hijo del Hombre no bautizaba ninguno de sus discpulos. Pero
[...], si los que son bautizados estaban encabezados por la vida, el mundo se
convertira en vaco. Y se contaminaron los padres de bautismo.
Pero el bautismo de verdad es otra cosa; es por la renuncia del mundo que se
encuentran. Pero los que dicen slo con la lengua que estn renunciando a ello
estn mintiendo, y estn llegando al lugar de miedo. Por otra parte, se han
humillado en su interior. As como aquellos a los que se le dio de haber sido
condenado, debern conseguir algo!
Son impos en su comportamiento! Algunos de ellos se apartan de la adoracin
de dolos. Otros tienen demonios morando con ellos, al igual que el rey David. l
es el que sent las bases de Jerusaln; y su hijo Salomn, a quien engendr en
adulterio, es el que construy Jerusaln por medio de los demonios, porque l
recibi el poder. Cuando tuvo el edificio terminado, l encarcel los demonios en
el templo. Los coloc en siete tinajas. Permanecieron un largo tiempo en las
tinajas, abandonados all. Cuando los Romanos subieron a Jerusaln,
descubrieron las tinajas, y de inmediato los demonios quedaron fuera de las
tinajas, como los que escapan de la crcel. Y las tinajas se mantuvieron puras a
partir de entonces. Y desde aquellos das, moran con los hombres que estn en la
ignorancia, y han permanecido en la tierra.
Who, then, is David? And who is Solomon? And what is the foundation? And what is the wall which
surrounds Jerusalem? And who are the demons? And what are the waterpots? And who are the
Romans? But these are mysteries ...
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... victorious over [...] the Son of Man [...] undefiled ...
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... and he [...] when he [...]. For [...] is a great ...
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... to this nature ...
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... those that [...] all in a [...] blessed, and they [...] like a salamander. It goes into the flaming fire
which burns exceedingly; it slithers into the furnace ...
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... the furnace ...
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... the boundaries [...], that they might see [...] and the power [...] sacrifice. Great is the sacrifice ...

Quin, entonces, es David? Y quin es Salomn? Y cul es el fundamento?

Y cul es la pared que rodea Jerusaln? Y quines son los demonios? Y cules
son las tinajas? Y quines son los romanos? Pero estos son misterios ...
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... y l [...] cuando l [...]. Para [...] es un gran ... ... (1 lnea irrecuperable) ... a
esta naturaleza ...
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... los que [...] todo en un [...] bendito, y ellos [...] como una salamandra. Va en la
llama de fuego que arde en extremo; que se desliza en el horno ...
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... el horno ...
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... los lmites [...], que ellos pudieran ver [...] y el poder [...] sacrificio. Grande es
el sacrificio ...
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..., but in a [...] aside [...]. And the Son of Man [...], and he has become manifest through the
bubbling fountain of immortality. ...
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... he is pure, and he is [...]. A free man is not envious. He is set apart from everyone, from every
audacity and envy the power of which is great [...] is (a) disciple [...] pattern of law [...] these [...] only
...
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... they placed him under a [...] a teaching ...
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... his teaching, saying, "Even if an angel comes from heaven, and preaches to you beyond that
which we preached to you, may he be anathema," (Gal 1:8) not letting the [...] of the soul which [...]
freedom [...]. For they are still immature [...] they are not able to keep this law which works by
means of these heresies - though it is not they, but the powers of Sabaoth - by means of the [...] the
doctrines [...] as they have been jealous of some [...] law(s) in Christ. Those who will [...]

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..., pero en un [...] lado [...]. Y el Hijo del hombre [...], y l se ha manifestado a
travs de la fuente de la propagacin de la inmortalidad. ...
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... l es puro, y l es [...]. Un hombre libre no es envidioso. l se distingue de
todos, desde cada audacia y envidia el poder de que es grande [...] es (a) discpulo
[...] patrn de la ley [...] estos [...] solamente .. .
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... Ellos lo colocaron bajo un [...] una enseanza ...
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... su enseanza, diciendo: "Incluso si un ngel viene del cielo, y predica a usted
ms all de lo que os hemos anunciado, puede que sea anatema" (Glatas 1: 8) no
dejar que el [...] de el alma que [...] la libertad [...]. Pues ellos todava son
inmaduros [...] que no son capaces de mantener esta ley que funciona por medio
de estas herejas - a pesar de que no son ellos, sino los poderes de Sabaoth - por
medio de las [...] las doctrinas [ ...] ya que han tenido celos de algunas [...] leye
(s) en Cristo. Los que lo har [...]
power [...] they reach the [...] the twelve judge [...] them [...] the fountain of immortality ...
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... in order that ...
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... good [...] the whole place. [...] there the enemies. He baptized himself, and the [...] he became
divine; he flew up, (and) they did not grasp him. [...] there the enemies [...], since it was not possible
for them to bring him down again. If every [...] grasps him with ignorance, attending to those who
teach in the corners by means of carved things and artful tricks, they are not able [...].
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poder [...] de que lleguen a la [...] los doce juez [...] ellos [...] la fuente de la
inmortalidad ...
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... para que ...
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... bueno [...] todo el lugar. [...] hay los enemigos. l se bautiz a s mismo, y el
[...] l se convirti en divino; vol hacia arriba, (y) ellos no lo captan. [...] hay los

enemigos [...], ya que no era posible para ellos para derribarlo de nuevo. Si cada
[...] le agarra a l con la ignorancia, atendiendo a los que ensean en las esquinas
por medio de las cosas talladas y trucos ingeniosos, ellos no son capaces [...]. pp.
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