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CHAPTER 53
1. When then Jesus had said this unto his disciples, he said unto them: "Now, therefore, let
him whom his spirit stirreth, come forward and speak the solution of the tenth
repentance of Pistis Sophia."
2. Peter answered and said: "O Lord, concerning this thy light-power prophesied aforetime

through David in the one-hundred-and-nineteenth Psalm; saying:
3. "'I cried unto thee, O Lord, in my oppression, and thou hearkenest unto me.
4. "'O Lord, save my soul from unjust lips and from crafty tongues.
5. "'What will be given unto thee or what will be added unto thee with a crafty
tongue?

6. "'The arrows of the strong [one] are made sharp with the coal of the desert.
7. "'Woe unto me, that my dwelling is far off, and I dwelt in the tents of Kedar.
8. "'My soul hath dwelt in many regions as a guest.
9. "'I was peaceful with them who hate peace; if I spake unto them, they fought
against me without a cause.'
10. "This is now, therefore, O Lord, the solution of the tenth repentance of Pistis Sophia,

which she hath uttered when the material emanations of Self-willed oppressed her, they
and his lion-faced power, and when they oppressed her exceedingly."
11. Jesus said unto him: "Well said, Peter, and finely. This is the solution of the tenth
repentance of Pistis Sophia."

CHAPTER 54
1. Jesus continued again in the discourse and said unto his disciples: "It came to pass then,
when this lion-faced power saw me, how I drew nigh unto Pistis Sophia, shining very
exceedingly, that it grew still more furious and emanated from itself a multitude of
exceedingly violent emanations. When this then befell, Pistis Sophia uttered the
eleventh repentance, saying:

2. "'Why hath the mighty power raised itself in evil?
3. "'Its plotting taketh away the light from me all the time, and as sharp iron have
they taken away power from me.
4. "'I chose to descend into the chaos rather than to abide in the thirteenth æon,
the region of Righteousness.
5. "'And they desired to lead me craftily, in order to consume my whole light.

6. "'For this cause then will the Light take away their whole light, and also their
whole matter will be made naught. And it will take away their light and not
suffer them to abide in the thirteenth æon, their dwelling-place, and will not
have their name in the region of those who shall live.