"Hearken to the word;
understand knowledge; love
life, and no one will persecute
you, nor will anyone
oppress you, other
than you yourselves."
"O you wretches; O
you unfortunates; O
you pretenders to the truth;
O you falsifiers of knowledge;
O you sinners against the Spirit:
can you still bear to
listen, when it behooved you
to speak from the first?
Can you still bear to
sleep, when it behooved you to be awake
from the first, so that
the kingdom of heaven might receive you?
Verily, I say unto you,
it is easier for a pure one,
to fall into defilement, and for
a man of light to fall
into darkness, than for you to reign
or not reign.
"I have remembered
your tears and your mourning
and your anguish, (while you say) 'They are far
behind us.' But now, you who are
outside of the Father's inheritance,
weep where it is necessary
and mourn and
preach what is good,
as the Son is ascending as he should.
Verily I say
unto you, had I been sent
to those who listen to me, and
had I spoke with them,
I would never have come
down to earth. So,
then, be ashamed for these things."
