... And I said to the savior,
"Lord, will all the souls then be brought safely
into the pure light?" He answered
and said to me, "Great things
have arisen in your mind, for it is
difficult to explain them to others
except to those who are from
the immovable race. Those on whom the Spirit of life
will descend and (with whom) he will be with the power,
they will be saved and become perfect
and be worthy of the greatness and
be purified in that place from
all wickedness and the involvements in evil.
Then they have no other care than
the incorruption alone, to which they direct their attention
from here on, without anger or envy or jealousy
or desire and greed
of anything. They are not affected by
anything except the state of being in
the flesh alone, which they bear while looking expectantly
for the time when they will be met
by the receivers (of the body). Such
then are worthy of the imperishable,
eternal life and the calling. For they endure
everything and bear up under
everything, that they may finish
the good fight and inherit
eternal life."
I said to him, "Lord,
the souls of those who did not do these works
(but) on whom the power and Spirit
descended, (IV 40, 24-25: will they be rejected?" He
answered and said to me, "If) the
Spirit (IV 40, 24-25: descended upon them), they will in any case be saved,
and they will change (for the better). For the
power will descend on every man, for
without it no one can stand.
And after they are born, then,
when the Spirit of life increases and
the power comes and strengthens that soul,
no one can lead it astray
with works of evil.
But those on whom the counterfeit spirit
descends are drawn by
him and they go astray."
