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righteousness,--that body which will be good to find the signs of the mysteries of the
Light and inherit the Light-kingdom for ever.

5. "If on the contrary he hath sinned once or twice or thrice, then will he be cast back into
the world again according to the type of the sins which he hath committed, the type of
which I will tell you when I shall have told you the expansion of the universe.

6. "But amēn, amēn, I say unto you: Even if a righteous man hath committed no sins at all,
he cannot possibly be brought into the Light-kingdom, because the sign of the kingdom

of the mysteries is not with him. In a word, it is impossible to bring souls into the Light
without the mysteries of the Light-kingdom."

CHAPTER 104
1. It came to pass then, when Jesus had finished saying these words unto his disciples, that
John came forward and said: "My Lord, suppose a sinning and a law-breaking man is
replete in all iniquities, and he hath ceased from these for the sake of the kingdom of

heaven and renounced the whole world and the whole matter therein, and we give him
from the be-ginning onwards the mysteries of the Light which are in the first space from
without, and if he receiveth the mysteries, and after a little while again if he returneth
and transgresseth, and thereafter again if he turneth and ceaseth from all sins and

turneth and renounceth the whole world and the whole matter therein, so that he
cometh again and is in great repentance, and if we know truly in truth that he longeth
after God, so that we give him the second mystery of the first space which is from
without;--in like manner if he turneth anew and transgresseth and is again in the sins of
the world, and again if he thereafter turneth and ceaseth from the sins of the world and
again renounceth the whole world and the whole matter therein and again is in great

repentance, and we know it with certainty that he is not a play-actor, so that we turn
and give him the mysteries of the beginning, which [are] in the first space from
without;--in like manner, if he turneth again and sinneth and is in every type [of sin];--
desirest thou that we forgive him unto seven times and give him the mysteries which

are in the first space from without, unto seven times or not?"

2. The Saviour answered again and said unto John: "Not only forgive him unto seven times,
but amēn, I say unto you: Forgive him unto many times seven times, and every time give
him the mysteries from the beginning onwards which are in the first space from
without. Perchance ye win the soul of that brother and he inheriteth the Light-kingdom.

3. "For this cause, therefore, when ye questioned me aforetime, saying: 'If our brother sin
against us, desirest thou that we forgive him unto seven times?'--I answered and spake