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6. "Hearken moreover that I may tell you the word in truth, in what type the mystery of

baptism forgiveth sins.
7. Now, therefore, if the souls sin when they are still in the world, the retributive servitors
indeed come and are witnesses of all the sins which the soul committeth, lest in sooth
they should come forth out of the regions of the chaos, in order that they may convict

them in the judgments which are outside the chaos.
8. And the counterfeiting spirit becometh witness of all the sins which the soul shall
commit, in order that it may convict it in the judgments which are outside the chaos, not
only that it may bear witness of them, but--all the sins of the souls--it sealeth the sins
and maketh them fast on to the soul, in order that all the rulers of the chastisements of
the sinners may recognize it, that it is a sinning soul, and that they may know of the

number of sins which it hath committed, by the seals which the counterfeiting spirit
hath made fast on to it, so that it shall be chastized according to the number of sins
which it hath committed. This do they with all sinning souls.

9. "Now, therefore, he who shall receive the mysteries of the baptisms, then the mystery

of them becometh a great, exceedingly violent, wise fire and it burneth up the sins and
entereth into the soul secretly and consumeth all the sins which the counterfeiting spirit
hath made fast on to it. And when it hath finished purifying all the sins which the
counterfeiting spirit hath made fast on to the soul, it entereth into the body secretly and
pursueth all the pursuers secretly and separateth them off on the side of the portion of

the body. For it pursueth the counterfeiting spirit and the destiny and separateth them
off from the power and from the soul and putteth them on the side of the body, so that
it separateth off the counterfeiting spirit and the destiny and the body into one portion;
the soul and power on the other hand it separateth into another.
10. The mystery of baptism on the contrary remaineth in the midst of the two, continually

separating them from one another, so that it maketh them clean and purifieth them, in
order that they may not be stained by matter.

11. "Now, therefore, Mary, this is the way in which the mysteries of the baptisms forgive
sins and all iniquities."