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34. "And the word which thy light-power hath spoken through David: 'He will give
commandment to his angels on thy behalf, that they guard thee on all thy ways and

bear thee on their hands, that thou mayest never strike with thy foot against a stone,'--
it is again thy word: Thou hast given commandment to Gabriēl and Michaēl, that they
guide Pistis Sophia in all the regions of the chaos, until they lead her forth and that they
uplift her on their hands, so that her feet do not touch the darkness beneath, and [that]
on the other hand they of the lower darkness do not seize hold of her.
35. "And the word which thy light-power hath spoken through David: 'Thou wilt tread on

serpent and basilisk and tread on lion and dragon; because he hath trusted in me, I will
save him and I will overshadow him, because he hath known my name,'--that is the
word: When Pistis Sophia was on the point of coming forth out of the chaos, she trod on
the emanations of Self-willed, and she trod on the serpent-faced ones and on the

basilisk-faced ones, which have seven heads; and she trod on the lion-faced power and
on the dragon-faced one. Because she had had faith in the Light, is she saved from all of
them.

36. "This, my Lord, is the solution of the words which thou hast spoken."

CHAPTER 68
1. It came to pass then, when the First Mystery had heard these words, that he said: "Well
said, James, beloved one."
2. And the First Mystery continued again in the discourse and said unto his disciples: "It
came to pass, when I had led Pistis Sophia out of the chaos, that she cried out again and
said:
3. "'I am saved out of the chaos and loosed from the bonds of the darkness. I am

come unto thee, O Light.
4. "'For thou wert light on all sides of me, saving me and helping me.
5. "'And the emanations of Self-willed, which fought against me, thou hast
hindered through thy light, and they could not come nigh me; for thy light was

with me and saved me through thy light-stream.
6. "'Because in sooth the emanations of Self-willed constrained me, they took from
me my power and cast me out into the chaos with no light in me. So I became as
heavy-weighing matter in comparison with them.
7. "'And thereafter came a light-stream unto me through thee which saved me; it
shone on my left and on my right and surrounded me on all sides of me, so that

no part of me was without light.
8. "'And thou hast covered me with the light of thy stream and purged from me all
my evil matters; and I shall be relieved of all my matters because of thy light.