LITERATURE OF GNOSTIC WISDOM 165Guard yourself against the angels of misery,
the demons of chaos and all who entrap you,
and beware of deep sleep
and the trap^110 in the bowels of the underworld.
I raised and sealed the person in luminous water with five seals, that death
might not prevail over the person from that moment on.
CONCLUSION
Look, now I shall ascend to the perfect realm. I have finished everything for
you in your hearing. I have told you everything for you to record and com-
municate secretly to your spiritual friends. This is the mystery of the unshak-
able race.
The savior communicated this to John for him to record and safeguard. He
said to him, Cursed be anyone who will trade these things for a gift, for food,
drink, clothes, or anything like this.
These things were communicated to John in a mystery, and at once the sav-
ior disappeared. Then John went to the other students and reported what the
savior had told him.
Jesus the anointed
Amen^111
- Or "enclosure," even "garment."
in. The shorter versions of the Secret Book of John in BG 8502 and Nag Hammadi Codex III
do not include this overtly Christian concluding statement.