from Pistis Sophia, A Third Book, Chapter 102, G.R.S. Mead, 1921
JESUS continued again in the discourse and said unto his disciples: “When I shall have gone into the Light, then herald it unto the whole world and say unto them: Cease not to seek day and night and remit not yourselves until ye find the mysteries of the Light-kingdom, which will purify you and make you into refined light and lead you into the Light-kingdom.”
What should be renounced, “the whole world and the whole matter therein and all its care and all its sins, in a word all its associations which are in it,” including:
- Murmuring
- Eavesdropping
- Litigiousness
- False slander
- False witness
- Pride and haughtiness
- Belly-love
- Babbling
- Craftiness
- Avarice
- Love of the world
- Pillage
- Evil conversation
- Wickedness
- Pitilessness
- Wrath
- Cursing
- Thieving
- Robbery
- Slandering
- Fighting and strife
- All unknowning
- Evil doing
- Sloth
- Adultery
- Murder
- Pitilessness and impiety
- Atheism
- [magic] potions
- Blasphemy
- Doctrines of error
The Ways of the Worthy, “that ye may receive the mysteries [of the Light] and go on high into the Light-kingdom.”
- Be calm
- Be loving unto others
- Be gentle
- Be peaceful
- Be merciful
- Give alms [money]
- Minister to the poor, sick, and distressed
- Be loving to God
- Be righteous
- Be good
- Renounce all
“These are all the boundaries of the ways for those who are worthy of the mysteries of the Light.”
Reader’s Note from Shannon: The above is in spiritual agreement with the Way of Righteousness and Holiness in Christ of Jesus in the Holy Bible. See Christians Behaving Badly (Even the Bible Tells Us So) for direct comparison between the apocryphal non-canonical scripture appearing here from Pistis Sophia and God’s Word from the Holy Bible. Also see Inspired by Love for Life: True Disciples of Jesus Follow His Way.
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