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Chapter 4 |
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One single name is not uttered in the world, the name which the Father gave to the Son; it is the name above all things: the name of the Father.
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For the Son would not become Father unless he wore the name of the Father.
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Those who have this name know it, but they do not speak it. But those who do not have it do not know it.
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But truth brought names into existence in the world for our sakes, because it is not possible to learn it (truth) without these names.
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Truth is one single thing; it is many things and for our sakes to teach about this one thing in love through many things.
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The rulers (archons) wanted to deceive man, since they saw that he had a kinship with those that are truly good.
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They took the name of those that are good and gave it to those that are not good, so that through the names they might deceive him and bind them to those that are not good.
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And afterward, what a favor they do for them!
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They make them be removed from those that are not good and place them among those that are good.
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These things they knew, for they wanted to take the free man and make him a slave to them forever.
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These are powers which [...] man, not wishing him to be saved, in order that they may [...].
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For if man is saved, there will not be any sacrifices [...] and animals will not be offered to the powers.
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Indeed, the animals were the ones to whom they sacrificed.
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They were indeed offering them up alive, but when they offered them up, they died.
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As for man, they offered him up to God dead, and he lived. |
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