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11. "'And it will save all powers out of the chaos because of my transgression. For I
have left my region and am come down into the chaos.'

12. "Now, therefore, whose mind is exalted, let him understand."

CHAPTER 45
1. It came to pass then, when Jesus had finished speaking these words unto his disciples,
that he said unto them: "Understand ye in what manner I discourse with you?"
2. Andrew came forward and said: "My Lord, concerning the solution of the sixth
repentance of Pistis Sophia, thy light-power prophesied aforetime through David in the

one-hundred-and-twenty-ninth Psalm, saying:
3. "'Out of the depths I have cried unto thee, O Lord.
4. "'Hearken unto my voice; let thine ears give heed to the voice of my supplication.
5. "'O Lord, if thou heedest my iniquities, who will be able to pass [the test]?
6. "'For pardon is in thy hands; for the sake of thy name have I waited for thee, O
Lord.

7. "'My soul hath waited for thy word.
8. "'My soul hath hoped in the Lord from the morning until the evening. Let Israel
hope in the Lord from the morning until the evening.
9. "'For grace standeth by the Lord and with him is great redemption.

10. "'And he will deliver Israel from all his iniquities.'

11. Jesus said unto him: "Well said, Andrew, blessed one. This is the solution of her
repentance.

12. Amēn, amēn, I say unto you: I will perfect you in all mysteries of the Light and all gnoses
from the interiors of the interiors to the exteriors of the exteriors, from the Ineffable
down to the darkness of darknesses, from the Light of lights down to the . . . . of matter,
from all the gods down to the demons, from all the lords down to the decans, from all
the authorities down to the servitors, from the creation of men down to [that] of the

wild-beasts, of the cattle and of the reptiles, in order that ye may be called perfect,
perfected in all fulness.
13. Amēn, amēn, I say unto you: In the region where I shall be in the kingdom of my Father,
ye will also be with me.
14. And when the perfect number is completed, so that the Mixture shall be dissolved, I will

give commandment that they bring all tyrant gods, who have not given up the
purification of their light, and will give commandment to the wise fire, over which the
perfect pass, to eat into those tyrants, until they give up the last purification of their