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soul of the total race of men have been saved, and they would not be able to inherit the
kingdom of the Light, if I had not brought unto them the purifying mysteries.

11. "For the emanations of the Light have no need of the mysteries, for they are purified;
but it is the race of men which hath need of them, because they all are material refuse
For this cause, therefore, have I said unto you aforetime: 'The healthy have no need of
the physician, but the sick,'--that is: Those of the Light have no need of the mysteries,
for they are purified lights; but it is the race of men which hath need of them, for [they]
are material refuse [pl.].

12. "For this cause, therefore, herald to the whole race of men, saying: Cease not to seek
day and night, until ye find the purifying mysteries; and say unto the race of men:
Renounce the whole world and the whole matter therein. For he who buyeth and

selleth in the world and he who eateth and drinketh of its matter and who liveth in all its
cares and in all its associations, amasseth other additional matters to the rest of his
matter, because this whole world and all therein and all its associations are material
refuse [pl.], and they will make enquiry of every one concerning his purity.
13. "For this cause, therefore, I have said unto you aforetime: Renounce the whole world
and the whole matter therein, that ye may not amass other additional matter to the rest

of your matter in you. For this cause, therefore, herald it to the whole race of men,
saying: Renounce the whole world and all its associations, that ye may not amass
additional matter to the rest of your matter in you; and say unto them: Cease not to
seek day and night and remit not yourselves until ye find the purifying mysteries which

will purify you and make you into a refined light, so that ye will go on high and inherit
the light of my kingdom.

14. "Now, therefore, Andrew and all thy brethren thy co-disciples, because of your
renunciations and all your sufferings which ye have endured in every region, and
because of your changes in every region and of your being poured from one into

another of different kinds of bodies and because of all your afflictions, and after all this
ye have received the purifying mysteries and are become refined light exceedingly
purified,--for this cause, therefore, ye will go on high and penetrate into all the regions
of all the great emanations of the Light and be kings in the Light-kingdom for ever.
15. "But if ye come forth out of the body and come on high and reach unto the region of the

rulers, then will all the rulers be seized with shame before you, because ye are the
refuse of their matter and have become light more purified than them all. And if ye
reach unto the region of the Great Invisible and unto the region of those of the Midst
and of those of the Right and unto the regions of all the great emanations of the Light,
then will ye be revered among them all, because ye are the refuse of their matter and