"The body moved and gained strength, and it was luminous..."

"And in that moment the rest of the powers became jealous, because he
had come into being through all of them and they had given their power
to the man, and his intelligence was greater than that of those who had
made him, and greater than that of the chief archon. And when they
recognized that he was luminous, and that he could think better than
they, and that he was free from wickedness, they took him and threw him
into the lowest region of all matter.

"But the blessed One, the Mother-Father, the beneficent and merciful
One, had mercy on the power of the mother which had been brought forth
out of the chief archon, for they (the archons) might gain power over
the natural and perceptible body. And he sent, through his beneficent
Spirit and his great mercy, a helper to Adam, luminous Epinoia which
comes out of him, who is called Life. And she assists the whole
creature, by toiling with him and by restoring him to his fullness and
by teaching him about the descent of his seed (and) by teaching him
about the way of ascent, (which is) the way he came down. And the
luminous Epinoia was hidden in Adam, in order that the archons might not
know her, but that the Epinoia might be a correction of the deficiency
of the mother.

"And the man came forth because of the shadow of the light which is in
him. And his thinking was superior to all those who had made him. When
they looked up, they saw that his thinking was superior. And they took
counsel with the whole array of archons and angels. They took fire and
earth and water and mixed them together with the four fiery winds. And
they wrought them together and caused a great disturbance. And they
brought him (Adam) into the shadow of death, in order that they might
form (him) again from earth and water and fire and the spirit which
originates in matter, which is the ignorance of darkness and desire, and
their counterfeit spirit. This is the tomb of the newly-formed body with
which the robbers had clothed the man, the bond of forgetfulness; and he
became a mortal man. This is the first one who came down, and the first
separation. But the Epinoia of the light which was in him, she is the
one who was to awaken his thinking.

"And the archons took him and placed him in paradise. And they said to
him, 'Eat, that is at leisure,' for their luxury is bitter and their
beauty is depraved. And their luxury is deception and their trees are
godlessness and their fruit is deadly poison and their promise is death.
And the tree of their life they had placed in the midst of paradise.

"And I shall teach you (pl.) what is the mystery of their life, which is
the plan which they made together, which is the likeness of their
spirit. The root of this (tree) is bitter and its branches are death,
its shadow is hate and deception is in its leaves, and its blossom is
the ointment of evil, and its fruit is death and desire is its seed, and
it sprouts in darkness. The dwelling place of those who taste from it is
Hades, and the darkness is their place of rest.

"But what they call the tree of knowledge of good and evil, which is the
Epinoia of the light, they stayed in front of it in order that he (Adam)
might not look up to his fullness and recognize the nakedness of his
shamefulness. But it was I who brought about that they ate."

And to I said to the savior, "Lord, was it not the serpent that taught
Adam to eat?" The savior smiled and said, "The serpent taught them to
eat from wickedness of begetting, lust, (and) destruction, that he
(Adam) might be useful to him. And he (Adam) knew that he was
disobedient to him (the chief archon) due to light of the Epinoia which
is in him, which made him more correct in his thinking than the chief
archon. And (the latter) wanted to bring about the power which he
himself had given him. And he brought a forgetfulness over Adam."

And I said to the savior, "What is the forgetfulness?" And he said "It
is not the way Moses wrote (and) you heard. For he said in his first
book, 'He put him to sleep' (Gn 2:21), but (it was) in his perception.
For also he said through the prophet, 'I will make their hearts heavy,
that they may not pay attention and may not see' (Is 6:10).

"Then the Epinoia of the light hid herself in him (Adam). And the chief
archon wanted to bring her out of his rib. But the Epinoia of the light
cannot be grasped. Although darkness pursued her, it did not catch her.
And he brought a part of his power out of him. And he made another
creature, in the form of a woman, according to the likeness of the
Epinoia which had appeared to him. And he brought the part which he had
taken from the power of the man into the female creature, and not as
Moses said, 'his rib-bone.'

"And he (Adam) saw the woman beside him. And in that moment the luminous
Epinoia appeared, and she lifted the veil which lay over his mind. And
he became sober from the drunkenness of darkness. And he recognized his
counter-image, and he said, 'This is indeed bone of my bones and flesh
of my flesh.' Therefore the man will leave his father and his mother,
and he will cleave to his wife, and they will both be one flesh. For
they will send him his consort, and he will leave his father and his
mother ... (3 lines unreadable)

"And our sister Sophia (is) she who came down in innocence in order to
rectify her deficiency. Therefore she was called Life, which is the
mother of the living, by the foreknowledge of the sovereignty of heaven.
And through her they have tasted the perfect Knowledge. I appeared in
the form of an eagle on the tree of knowledge, which is the Epinoia from
the foreknowledge of the pure light, that I might teach them and awaken
them out of the depth of sleep. For they were both in a fallen state,
and they recognized their nakedness. The Epinoia appeared to them as a
light; she awakened their thinking.

"And when Yaltabaoth noticed that they withdrew from him, he cursed his
earth. He found the woman as she was preparing herself for her husband.
He was lord over her, though he did not know the mystery which had come
to pass through the holy decree. And they were afraid to blame him. And
he showed his angels his ignorance which is in him. And he cast them out
of paradise and he clothed them in gloomy darkness. And the chief archon
saw the virgin who stood by Adam, and that the luminous Epinoia of life
had appeared in her. And Yaltabaoth was full of ignorance. And when the
foreknowledge of the All noticed (it), she sent some and they snatched
life out of Eve.

"The body moved and gained strength, and it was luminous..."

"And in that moment the rest of the powers became jealous, because he
had come into being through all of them and they had given their power
to the man, and his intelligence was greater than that of those who had
made him, and greater than that of the chief archon. And when they
recognized that he was luminous, and that he could think better than
they, and that he was free from wickedness, they took him and threw him
into the lowest region of all matter.

"But the blessed One, the Mother-Father, the beneficent and merciful
One, had mercy on the power of the mother which had been brought forth
out of the chief archon, for they (the archons) might gain power over
the natural and perceptible body. And he sent, through his beneficent
Spirit and his great mercy, a helper to Adam, luminous Epinoia which
comes out of him, who is called Life. And she assists the whole
creature, by toiling with him and by restoring him to his fullness and
by teaching him about the descent of his seed (and) by teaching him
about the way of ascent, (which is) the way he came down. And the
luminous Epinoia was hidden in Adam, in order that the archons might not
know her, but that the Epinoia might be a correction of the deficiency
of the mother.

"And the man came forth because of the shadow of the light which is in
him. And his thinking was superior to all those who had made him. When
they looked up, they saw that his thinking was superior. And they took
counsel with the whole array of archons and angels. They took fire and
earth and water and mixed them together with the four fiery winds. And
they wrought them together and caused a great disturbance. And they
brought him (Adam) into the shadow of death, in order that they might
form (him) again from earth and water and fire and the spirit which
originates in matter, which is the ignorance of darkness and desire, and
their counterfeit spirit. This is the tomb of the newly-formed body with
which the robbers had clothed the man, the bond of forgetfulness; and he
became a mortal man. This is the first one who came down, and the first
separation. But the Epinoia of the light which was in him, she is the
one who was to awaken his thinking.

"And the archons took him and placed him in paradise. And they said to
him, 'Eat, that is at leisure,' for their luxury is bitter and their
beauty is depraved. And their luxury is deception and their trees are
godlessness and their fruit is deadly poison and their promise is death.
And the tree of their life they had placed in the midst of paradise.

"And I shall teach you (pl.) what is the mystery of their life, which is
the plan which they made together, which is the likeness of their
spirit. The root of this (tree) is bitter and its branches are death,
its shadow is hate and deception is in its leaves, and its blossom is
the ointment of evil, and its fruit is death and desire is its seed, and
it sprouts in darkness. The dwelling place of those who taste from it is
Hades, and the darkness is their place of rest.

"But what they call the tree of knowledge of good and evil, which is the
Epinoia of the light, they stayed in front of it in order that he (Adam)
might not look up to his fullness and recognize the nakedness of his
shamefulness. But it was I who brought about that they ate."

And to I said to the savior, "Lord, was it not the serpent that taught
Adam to eat?" The savior smiled and said, "The serpent taught them to
eat from wickedness of begetting, lust, (and) destruction, that he
(Adam) might be useful to him. And he (Adam) knew that he was
disobedient to him (the chief archon) due to light of the Epinoia which
is in him, which made him more correct in his thinking than the chief
archon. And (the latter) wanted to bring about the power which he
himself had given him. And he brought a forgetfulness over Adam."

And I said to the savior, "What is the forgetfulness?" And he said "It
is not the way Moses wrote (and) you heard. For he said in his first
book, 'He put him to sleep' (Gn 2:21), but (it was) in his perception.
For also he said through the prophet, 'I will make their hearts heavy,
that they may not pay attention and may not see' (Is 6:10).

"Then the Epinoia of the light hid herself in him (Adam). And the chief
archon wanted to bring her out of his rib. But the Epinoia of the light
cannot be grasped. Although darkness pursued her, it did not catch her.
And he brought a part of his power out of him. And he made another
creature, in the form of a woman, according to the likeness of the
Epinoia which had appeared to him. And he brought the part which he had
taken from the power of the man into the female creature, and not as
Moses said, 'his rib-bone.'

"And he (Adam) saw the woman beside him. And in that moment the luminous
Epinoia appeared, and she lifted the veil which lay over his mind. And
he became sober from the drunkenness of darkness. And he recognized his
counter-image, and he said, 'This is indeed bone of my bones and flesh
of my flesh.' Therefore the man will leave his father and his mother,
and he will cleave to his wife, and they will both be one flesh. For
they will send him his consort, and he will leave his father and his
mother ... (3 lines unreadable)

"And our sister Sophia (is) she who came down in innocence in order to
rectify her deficiency. Therefore she was called Life, which is the
mother of the living, by the foreknowledge of the sovereignty of heaven.
And through her they have tasted the perfect Knowledge. I appeared in
the form of an eagle on the tree of knowledge, which is the Epinoia from
the foreknowledge of the pure light, that I might teach them and awaken
them out of the depth of sleep. For they were both in a fallen state,
and they recognized their nakedness. The Epinoia appeared to them as a
light; she awakened their thinking.

"And when Yaltabaoth noticed that they withdrew from him, he cursed his
earth. He found the woman as she was preparing herself for her husband.
He was lord over her, though he did not know the mystery which had come
to pass through the holy decree. And they were afraid to blame him. And
he showed his angels his ignorance which is in him. And he cast them out
of paradise and he clothed them in gloomy darkness. And the chief archon
saw the virgin who stood by Adam, and that the luminous Epinoia of life
had appeared in her. And Yaltabaoth was full of ignorance. And when the
foreknowledge of the All noticed (it), she sent some and they snatched
life out of Eve.

• Yaltabaoth set Eloim over the water and the earth,
• Yaltaboath set Yave over the fire and the wind;

• Eloim is un righteous
• Yave is righteous

• Eloim was also called by Yaltabaoth as Abel, while
• Yave was also called by Yaltabaoth as Cain with a view to deceive
(someone?)

Eloim has a bear-face and
Yave has a cat-face. The one is righteous but the other is unrighteous.
(Yave is righteous but Eloim is unrighteous.) Yave he set over the fire
and the wind, and Eloim he set over the water and the earth. And these
he called with the names Cain and Abel with a view to deceive.

"Now up to the present day, sexual intercourse continued due to the
chief archon. And he planted sexual desire in her who belongs to Adam.
And he produced through intercourse the copies of the bodies, and he
inspired them with his counterfeit spirit.

"And the two archons he set over principalities, so that they might rule
over the tomb. And when Adam recognized the likeness of his own
foreknowledge, he begot the likeness of the son of man. He called him
Seth, according to the way of the race in the aeons. Likewise, the
mother also sent down her spirit, which is in her likeness and a copy of
those who are in the pleroma, for she will prepare a dwelling place for
the aeons which will come down. And he made them drink water of
forgetfulness, from the chief archon, in order that they might not know
from where they came. Thus, the seed remained for a while assisting
(him), in order that, when the Spirit comes forth from the holy aeons,
he may raise up and heal him from the deficiency, that the whole pleroma
may (again) become holy and faultless."

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 w
hile 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, (will they be rejected?"
He answered and said to me, "If) the Spirit (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."

And I said, "Lord, where will the souls of these go when they have come
out of their flesh?" And he smiled and said to me, "The soul in which
the power will become stronger than the counterfeit spirit, is strong
and it flees from evil and, through the intervention of the
incorruptible one, it is saved, and it is taken up to the rest of the
aeons."

And I said, "Lord, those, however, who have not known to whom they
belong, where will their souls be?" And he said to me, "In those, the
despicable spirit has gained strength when they went astray. And he
burdens the soul and draws it to the works of evil, and he casts it down
into forgetfulness. And after it comes out of (the body), it is handed
over to the authorities, who came into being through the archon, and
they bind it with chains and cast it into prison, and consort with it
until it is liberated from the forgetfulness and acquires knowledge. And
if thus it becomes perfect, it is saved."

And I said, "Lord, how can the soul become smaller and return into the
nature of its mother or into man?" Then he rejoiced when I asked him
this, and he said to me, "Truly, you are blessed, for you have
understood! That soul is made to follow another one (fem.), since the
Spirit of life is in it. It is saved through him. It is not again cast
into another flesh."

And I said, "Lord, these also who did not know, but have turned away,
where will their souls go?" Then he said to me, "To that place where the
angels of poverty go they will be taken, the place where there is no
repentance. And they will be kept for the day on which those who have
blasphemed the spirit will be tortured, and they will be punished with
eternal punishment."

And I said, "Lord, from where did the counterfeit spirit come?" Then he
said to me, "The Mother-Father, who is rich in mercy, the holy Spirit in
every way, the One who is merciful and who sympathizes with you (pl.),
i.e., the Epinoia of the foreknowledge of light, he raised up the
offspring of the perfect race and its thinking and the eternal light of
man. When the chief archon realized that they were exalted above him in
the height - and they surpass him in thinking - then he wanted to seize
their thought, not knowing that they surpassed him in thinking, and that
he will not be able to seize them.

"He made a plan with his authorities, which are his powers, and they
committed together adultery with Sophia, and bitter fate was begotten
through them, which is the last of the changeable bonds. And it is of a
sort that is interchangeable. And it is harder and stronger than she
with whom the gods united, and the angels and the demons and all the
generations until this day. For from that fate came forth every sin and
injustice and blasphemy, and the chain of forgetfulness and ignorance
and every severe command, and serious sins and great fears. And thus the
whole creation was made blind, in order that they may not know God, who
is above all of them. And because of the chain of forgetfulness, their
sins were hidden. For they are bound with measures and times and
moments, since it (fate) is lord over everything.

"And he (the chief archon) repented for everything which had come into
being through him. This time he planned to bring a flood upon the work
of man. But the greatness of the light of the foreknowledge informed
Noah, and he proclaimed (it) to all the offspring which are the sons of
men. But those who were strangers to him did not listen to him. It is
not as Moses said, 'They hid themselves in an ark' (Gn 7: 7), but they
hid themselves in a place, not only Noah, but also many other people
from the immovable race. They went into a place and hid themselves in a
luminous cloud. And he (Noah) recognized his authority, and she who
belongs to the light was with him, having shone on them because he (the
chief archon) had brought darkness upon the whole earth.

"And he made a plan with his powers. He sent his angels to the daughters
of men, that they might take some of them for themselves and raise
offspring for their enjoyment. And at first they did not succeed. When
they had no success, they gathered together again and they made a plan
together. They created a counterfeit spirit, who resembles the Spirit
who had descended, so as to pollute the souls through it. And the angels
changed themselves in their likeness into the likeness of their mates
(the daughters of men), filling them with the spirit of darkness, which
they had mixed for them, and with evil. They brought gold and silver and
a gift and copper and iron and metal and all kinds of things. And they
steered the people who had followed them into great troubles, by leading
them astray with many deceptions. They (the people) became old without
having enjoyment. They died, not having found truth and without knowing
the God of truth. And thus the whole creation became enslaved forever,
from the foundation of the world until now. And they took women and
begot children out of the darkness according to the likeness of their
spirit. And they closed their hearts, and they hardened themselves
through the hardness of the counterfeit spirit until now.

"I, therefore, the perfect Pronoia of the all, changed myself into my
seed, for I existed first, going on every road. For I am the richness of
the light; I am the remembrance of the pleroma.

"And I went into the realm of darkness and I endured till I entered the
middle of the prison. And the foundations of chaos shook. And I hid
myself from them because of their wickedness, and they did not recognize
me.

"Again I returned for the second time, and I went about. I came forth
from those who belong to the light, which is I, the remembrance of the
Pronoia. I entered into the midst of darkness and the inside of Hades,
since I was seeking (to accomplish) my task. And the foundations of
chaos shook, that they might fall down upon those who are in chaos and
might destroy them. And again I ran up to my root of light, lest they be
destroyed before the time.

"Still for a third time I went - I am the light which exists in the
light, I am the remembrance of the Pronoia - that I might enter into the
midst of darkness and the inside of Hades. And I filled my face with the
light of the completion of their aeon. And I entered into the midst of
their prison, which is the prison of the body. And I said, 'He who
hears, let him get up from the deep sleep.' And he wept and shed tears.
Bitter tears he wiped from himself and he said, 'Who is it that calls my
name, and from where has this hope come to me, while I am in the chains
of the prison?' And I said, 'I am the Pronoia of the pure light; I am
the thinking of the virginal Spirit, who raised you up to the honored
place. Arise and remember that it is you who hearkened, and follow your
root, which is I, the merciful one, and guard yourself against the
angels of poverty and the demons of chaos and all those who ensnare you,
and beware of the deep sleep and the enclosure of the inside of Hades.

"And I raised him up, and sealed him in the light of the water with five
seals, in order that death might not have power over him from this time
on.

"And behold, now I shall go up to the perfect aeon. I have completed
everything for you in your hearing. And I have said everything to you
that you might write them down and give them secretly to your fellow
spirits, for this is the mystery of the immovable race."