The Gnostic Bible: Gnostic Texts of Mystical Wisdom form the Ancient and Medieval Worlds

LITERATURE OF GNOSTIC WISDOM

which goodness seized and gave to you.

Wear the crown in a covenant with the lord.

All who have conquered will be inscribed in his book.

Their book is a triumph and is yours.

Victory sees you foremost and wills you saved.

Song 10

The lord has changed my mouth by his word

and opened my heart by his light.

He causes his eternal life to inhabit me

and lets me speak the fruit of his peace

to convert souls who would come to him,

and he leads captives into freedom.

RESPONSE

I took courage, rose strong, and captured the world,

yet my captivity lies in the high one's glory

and lies in god my father.

The gentiles who were scattered abroad are gathered together,

and I am not polluted by my love for them.

They praise me in high holy places,

and seas of light enter their heart as they become forever my people.

Song 11

My heart was cloven and there appeared a flower,

and grace sprang up

and fruit from the lord,

for the highest one split me with his holy spirit,

exposed my love for him

and filled me with his love.

His splitting of my heart was my salvation,

and I followed the way of his peace,

the way of truth.

From the beginning to the end

I received his knowledge

and sat on the rock of truth where he placed me.