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CHAPTER 111
1. When then the disciples had said this, the Saviour continued again and said unto his
disciples: "If ye go into cities or kingdoms or countries, proclaim first unto them, saying:
2. Search ever and cease not, until ye find the mysteries of the Light which will lead you
into the Light-kingdom. Say unto them: Beware of the doctrines of error. For many will

come in my name and say: It is I. And it is not I, and they will lead many astray.
3. "Now, therefore, unto all men who come unto you and have faith in you and hearken
unto your words and do what is worthy of the mysteries of the Light, give the mysteries
of the Light and hide them not from them. And unto him who is worthy of the higher
mysteries, give them, and to him who is worthy of the lower mysteries, give them, and

hide not anything from any one.
4. "The mystery of the raising of the dead and of the healing of the sick, on the other hand,
give unto no one nor give instruction in it, for that mystery belongeth to the rulers, it
and all its namings. For this cause, therefore, give it unto no one, nor give instruction in
it until ye establish the faith in the whole world, in order that, if ye come into cities or
into countries, and they do not receive you unto themselves, and do not have faith, and

do not hearken unto your words, ye may raise the dead in those regions and heal the
lame and the blind and manifold of sicknesses in those regions. And through all such
they will have faith in you, that ye herald the God of the universe, and will have faith in
all the words of you. For this cause, therefore, have I given unto you that mystery, until

ye establish the faith in the whole world."

5. When then the Saviour had said this, he continued again in the discourse and said unto
Mary: "Now, therefore, hearken, Mary, concerning the word on which thou hast
questioned me: Who constraineth the man until he sinneth? Now, therefore, hearken:
6. "Is the babe born, the power is feeble in it, and the soul is feeble in it, and also the

counterfeiting spirit is feeble in it; in a word, the three together are feeble, without any
one of them sensing anything, whether good or evil, because of the load of
forgetfulness which is very heavy. Moreover the body also is feeble. And the babe
eateth of the delights of the world of the rulers; and the power draweth into itself from

the portion of the power which is in the delights; and the soul draweth into itself from
the portion of the soul which is in the delights; and the counterfeiting spirit draweth
into itself from the portion of the evil which is in the delights and in its lusts. And on the
other hand the body draweth into itself the matter which senseth not, which is in the
delights. The destiny on the contrary taketh nothing from the delights, because it is not
mingled with them, but it departeth again in the condition in which it cometh into the

world.
7. "And little by little the power and the soul and the counterfeiting spirit grow, and every
one of them senseth according to its nature: the power senseth to seek after the light of