THIRD BOOK OF PISTIS SOPHIA

                                                                                      Chapter 102

                                                              From the proclamation of the disciples.

Jesus continued in his speech and said to his disciples: "When I have gone to the Light, then proclaim it to the world and say: Do not cease your search day and night, and do not diminish until you have found the mysteries of the Kingdom of the Light, which will purify you and make you purified light and lead you to the Kingdom of Light."

                                                                 That which men must renounce.

"Tell them: Renounce to the world and to the matter that in it there are already all the interests and all its sins; in a word, to all the associations that are in it, so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and saved from all the punishments that are in the trials."

"Tell them: Renounce the murmuring, so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and saved from the fire of the dog's face."

"Tell them: Renounce listening to other people's conversations, so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and be saved from the judgments of the dog's face."

"Tell them: Give up your inclination to litigation, so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and be saved from Ariel's punishments."

"Tell them: Renounce slander, so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and be saved from the rivers of fire of the dog's face."

"Tell them: Renounce the false testimonies, so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and may escape and be saved from the rivers of fire from the dog's face."

"Tell them: Give up pride and arrogance, so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and be saved from the fiery depths of Ariel."

"Tell them: Renounce gluttony, so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and be saved from the trials of Amente."

"Tell them: Renounce indiscretion, so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and be saved from the fires of the Amente."

"Tell them: Renounce cunning, so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and may be saved from the punishments that exist in the Amente."

"Tell them: Renounce greed, so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and be saved from the rivers of fire of the dog's face."

"Tell them: Renounce earthly love so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and be saved from the layers of fire on the dog's face."

"Tell them: Renounce the pillage, so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and be saved from the rivers of fire of Ariel."

"Tell them: Renounce gossip so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and be saved from the punishments of the rivers of fire."

"Tell them: Renounce iniquity, so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and be saved from the fiery seas of Ariel."

"Tell them: Renounce merciless, so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and be saved from the judgments of the dragon faces."

"Tell them: Renounce the wrath, so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and be saved from the rivers of fire of the dragon faces."

"Tell them: Give up the curses, so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and be saved from the fiery seas of the dragon`s faces."

"Tell them: Renounce theft, so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and be saved from the rough seas of dragon`sfaces."

"Tell them: Give up thievery, so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and be saved from Yaldabaoth."

"Tell them: Renounce slander, so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and be saved from the rivers of fire of the face of Lion."

Tell them: Give up the fight and the rivalry, so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and be saved from the boiling rivers of Yaldabaoth. "

"Tell them: Renounce all that is ignorant, that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and be saved from the servants of Yaldabaoth and its seas of fire."

"Tell them: Renounce to do evil, so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and be saved from the demons of Yaldabaoth and all its judgments."

"Tell them: Renounce negligence, that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and be saved from the boiling seas of pitch of Yaldabaoth."

"Tell them: Renounce adultery, so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the kingdom of Light and be saved from the seas of sulfur and tar from the lion`s face."

"Tell them: Renounce murder, that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and be saved from the ruler crocodile's face - that which is in the cold, which is the first chamber of outer darkness."

"Tell them: Renounce atheism so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and be saved from groaning and gnashing of teeth."

"Tell them: Renounce merciless and impiety so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and be saved from the rulers of the outer darkness."

"Tell them: Renounce the (magical) positions so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and be saved from the great cold and the hail of outer darkness."

"Tell them: Renounce the blasphemy, so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and be saved from the great dragon of outer darkness."

"Tell them: Renounce the wrong doctrines, so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and be saved from the punishments of the great dragon of outer darkness."

"Say to those who teach wrong doctrines and to each one who is instructed in them: Woe to you, pus, if you do not repent and abandon your error, you will go to the punishments of the great dragon and the outer darkness, which are extremely cruel, and you will never be launched into the world, but you will be without existence until the end. "

"Say to those who abandon the true doctrines of the First Mystery: Woe to you, your punishment is sad compared to that of all men. For you will remain in the great cold and ice and hail in the midst of the dragon and the outer darkness , and you will never be launched into the world from that hour, but you will freeze in that region and at the dissolution of the universe you will perish, and you will cease to exist forever. "

                                                        The confines of the paths of the valuable.

"Say preferably to the men of the world: Be patient so that you can receive the mysteries of the Light and rise to the Kingdom of Light."

"Tell them: Love men so that you may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and rise to the Kingdom of Light."

"Tell them: Be kind  so that receive the mysteries of the Light and rise to the Kingdom of Light."

"Tell them: Be peaceful so that you can receive the mysteries of the Light and rise to the Kingdom of Light."

"Tell them: Be merciful so that you can receive the mysteries of the Light and rise to the Kingdom of Light."

"Tell them: Do charity so that you receive the mysteries of the Light and rise to the Kingdom of Light."

"Tell them: Assist the poor and the sick and the afflicted, that you may receive the mysteries of the Light and rise to the Kingdom of Light."

"Tell them: Love God so that you receive the mysteries of the Light and rise to the Kingdom of Light."

"Tell them: Be virtuous, so that you can receive the mysteries of the Light and rise to the Kingdom of Light."

"Tell them: Be worthy so that you receive the mysteries of the Light and rise to the Kingdom of Light."

"Tell them: Give up everything so that you receive the mysteries of the Light and rise to the Kingdom of Light."

"These are the limits of the ways for those who are worthy of the mysteries of the Light."

                                                         To whom are the mysteries of Light for?

"Therefore, to those who have renounced in this renouncement, give them the mysteries of the Light and do not hide them from them, even though they are sinners and have committed all the sins and all the iniquities of the world, which I have detailed to you, to that they may turn and repent and be in submission that I have spoken to you: Give them the mysteries of the Kingdom of Light and do not hide it from them, because it is precisely because of sin, that I have brought the mysteries to the world, and that I  can forgive all the sins that are committed from the beginning. For this reason I have told you before: "I have not come to call the virtuous."

                                                      The mysteries are for the forgiveness of sins.

Now and therefore, I have brought the mysteries so that your sins are forgiven everyone and everyone is received in the Kingdom of Light. For the mysteries are the gift of the First Mystery, that fact that he can erase the sins and iniquities of all sinners. "

                                                                                   Chapter 103

                                                                       Mary questions the Savior.

And it happened then, when Jesus finished saying these words to his disciples that Mary went ahead and said to the Savior: "My Lord, then a virtuous man who is perfect in all virtues, a man who has never sinned? Will he be tormented by punishment and judgment or not? Will that man be taken to the Kingdom of heaven or not? "

                    From the soul of the virtuous man who has not received the mysteries when he died.

And the Savior replied to Mary: "A virtuous man who has perfected himself in every virtue and who has never committed any sin, and who has never received the mysteries of the Light, when the time is propitious  for him to leave his body, the recipients from one of the triple powers - among which there is a great one - they will come directly to snatch the soul of man from the hands of the remunerative receivers and spend three days circulating with it in all the creatures of the world. After three days they will lead her to the chaos, to carry her to all the punishments of trials and to send her to all trials. The fires of chaos will not bother her greatly, only in part, for a short time.

And they will quickly pity her, to bring her out of chaos and lead her along the middle road, through all the archons. And they (the archons) will not punish her with harsh judgments, but the fire of their regions will partially disturb her. And if she is brought to the  region of Yachthanabas, the merciless, he will not be able to really punish her with his evil judgments, but will hold her for a short time while the fire of his punishments will bother her in part. "

"Then they will quickly pity with her and lead her to their own regions and will not take her to the Aeons, so the archons of the Aeons will not take her by force; they will bring her to the path of the sun and before the Virgin of the Light She will test it and find that it is clean from sin, but will not allow it to be brought to the Light because it does not have the sign of the Kingdom of Mystery, but it will seal it with a superior seal and let it be thrown into the body in the Aeons of virtue, - that body that will be good to find the signs of the mysteries of Light and inherit the Kingdom of light forever. "

"If, on the contrary, man has sinned once or twice, or three times, then he will be returned to the world according to the type of sins he has committed, the type that I will show you when I have spoken to you about the expansion of the Universe. "

"But amen, amen, I tell you, even if a virtuous man has not committed sin, he cannot be brought to the Kingdom of Light, because the sign of the Kingdom of Mysteries is not in him. In a word, it is impossible to bring souls to the Light without the mysteries of the Kingdom of Light. "

                                                                                    Chapter 104

                                                                             John questions Jesus.

And when Jesus finished saying these words to his disciples, John went ahead and said: "My Lord, imagine a sinful man who breaks your law, full of iniquities, but who has ceased evil for the Kingdom of heaven , and that he has renounced the whole world and the things that are in him, and to whom from the beginning we give the mysteries of the Light that are in the first outer space; if he receives the mysteries and soon afterwards transgresses but again ceases in his sins and renounces the whole world and the material things that are in him, so that he returns repentant, and since we know that he really longs for the things of God, we give him the second mystery of the first space that he is on the outside, and in the same way he transgresses already the sins of the world, but he returns then and ceases to be in sin and again renounces the whole world and the material that is in it and repents again, and knowing with certainty that it is not a fake we give him the mysteries of the beginning that are in the first outer space; and in the same way he sins all kinds of sins again, would you like us to forgive him up to seven times and tell him the mysteries that are in the first outer space seven times, or not? "

                                             The disciples will forgive many times seven times seven.

The Savior responded to John saying: "Not only will you forgive him seven times but amen, I say to you: forgive him many times seven times and give him the mysteries that from the beginning are in the first outer space. Perhaps you will win the soul of that brother and inherit the Kingdom of Light. "

"For this reason, when you have asked me before:" If our brother sinned against us. Would you like us to forgive him up to seven times? -I answered and I also told you: "Not only seven times, but seventy times seven."

"So forgive him many times and give him every time the mysteries that are in the first space that is outside. Perhaps you will win that brother's soul and inherit the Kingdom of Light."

                                                       From the reward to the saviors of souls.

"Amen, amen I say to you: He who is preserved in life and saves only one soul, in addition to the dignity he possesses in the Kingdom of Light, will receive another dignity for the soul he has saved; so the one who saves many souls, in addition to the dignity that you possess in the Light, will receive many other dignities for the souls that you have saved."

                                                                                   Chapter 105

                                                               John continues his interrogation.

When the Savior had said this, John stepped forward and said, "My Lord, tolerate my asking, for from now on I will begin to ask you about all things concerning how we will proclaim your teaching to mankind."

"If I therefore give this brother a mystery from the beginning that is in the first outer space, and also other mysteries and he does not do what is worthy of the Kingdom of Heaven, would you want us to let him pass to the mysteries of the second space? Perhaps we would win that brother's soul and he would repent and inherit the Kingdom of Light. So you wish we would let him enter the mysteries that are in the second space, or not? "

                                                                                   Chapter 106

                                           That the mysteries will be given back to the repentant

                                                             up to the third of the second space.

And the Savior replied to John: "If he is a brother who is not a fake and really longs for the things of God, and if you have given him many times the mysteries of the beginning and because of the need for the elements of Destiny, he has not done what he is worthy of the mysteries of the Kingdom of Light, forgive him then, let him in and give him the first mystery that is in the second space. Perhaps you will win the soul of that brother. "

"And if he has not done what is worthy of the mysteries of the Light and has committed crimes committing various sins and later he has returned again with great repentance renouncing the world of all his sins, and you know with certainty that it is not false and truly long for the things of God, then go back to him again, forgive him and let him pass and give him the second mystery in the second space of the First Mystery. Perhaps you will win that brother's soul and inherit the Kingdom of Light. "

"And again if he has not done what is worthy of the mysteries but has committed a crime committing various sins, and then he has come back repentant renouncing the whole world and the things that are in him, abandoning sin so that you know truly that he is not a faker but certainly longs for the things of God, go back to him again, forgive him and accept his repentance, because the First Mystery is compassionate and merciful. Let him in too and give him the three mysteries together that are in the second space of the First Mystery. "

                                                 The limit of the disciples' power to forgive sins.

"If, on the other hand, that man commits a crime by committing various sins, from that moment on you will not be able to forgive him or accept his repentance, but still allow him to be among you as a stumbling block and as a transgressor."

"Because amen I say to you: Those three mysteries will be witnesses of his last repentance from this moment onwards. Because amen I say to you: The soul of that man will not be poured back into the world from this moment onwards but will be in the dwellings of the Dragon of Outer Darkness. "

                                                                  The explanation of an old saying.

"Because in relation to the souls of such men I have spoken to you in a similar way before saying:" If your brother sins against you, attract him and discuss the matter between you and him alone. If he listens, you have won your brother; if he doesn't listen to you, take another person with you. If he doesn't listen to you or the other, take him to the assembly. If he does not listen to the others, leave him as a transgressor and a stumbling block. "That is, if he is not profitable in the first mystery, give him the second, and if he is not profitable in the second, give him all three together that they are "the assembly", and if it is not profitable in the third mystery, leave him as a stumbling block and as a transgressor.

                                                     Of the main mystery of the forgiveness of sins.

And the word that I have spoken to you in the past, "so that by two or three witnesses each word may be established," - is this: Those three mysteries will bear witness to his last repentance. And I say to you, if that man repents, no mystery can forgive his sins, nor can his repentance be accepted, nor be heard by any mystery, except for the First Mystery of First Mystery and the Mysteries of the Ineffable. Only these will accept their repentance and forgive their sins, because those mysteries are truly compassionate and merciful and always forgive. "

So, when the Savior had said this, John continued again saying to the Savior: "My Lord, supposing that an accomplished sinner has renounced the world and the things that are in it and all its sins and interests and we have verified that it really does not deceive us but certainly and truly longs for the things of God; and we also know that he has become worthy of the mysteries of the second and third space, do you want us to give him the mysteries of the second and third space before he has received mysteries of the Inheritance of the Light or not? Do you wish so?

                                                             More about the forgiveness of sins.

And the Savior answered him saying to John in the midst of his disciples: "If you know with certainty that this man has renounced the world and all its interests and associations and sins, and if you know in truth that he is not deceiving you or that he is a fraud or Curious to know the mysteries and how they are carried out and who really longs for the things of God, do not avoid it but give him the mysteries of the second and third space and investigate what mystery he is deserving; and that of which he is deserving give it to him and do not hide it from him because if you hide it, you can be guilty of a great sentence. "

"If you grant him once the mysteries of the second and third space and he returns to sin again, you must insist again the second time and until the third time. If he continues, do not insist any  more, because those three mysteries will be witnesses to his last Repentance. And amen I say to you: Whoever bestows mysteries on that man in the second or third space is guilty of a great sentence. Yet let him be to you as a transgressor or as a stumbling block. "

"Amen I say to you: The soul of such a man cannot be poured back into the world from that moment onward; and his dwelling shall be in the midst of the jaws of the dragon of outer darkness, the region of weeping and gnashing of teeth. And in the dissolution of the world his soul will be frozen and he will perish in the cold and violent fire and will not have existence eternally. "

"Even when he returns again and renounces the world with all his interests and all his sins and shows great repentance, no mystery can accept his repentance from him or pay attention to have mercy and forgive his sins, except the mystery of the First Mystery and the mystery of the Ineffable. It is these who will accept the repentance of such a man and forgive his sins, because in reality those mysteries are compassionate and merciful and always forgive sins. "