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7. "'And the four-and-twenty emanations will see what hath befallen thee, O lion-
faced power, and will be afraid and not be disobedient, but give the purification

of their light.
8. "'And they will see thee and will rejoice over thee and say: Lo, an emanation
which hath not given the purification of its light, so that it may be saved, but
boasted itself in the abundance of the light of its power, because it did not
emanate from the power in it, and hath said: I will take away the light from Pistis
Sophia, which will now be taken from it.'

9. "Now, therefore, let him in whom his power is raised, come forward and proclaim the
solution of the eleventh repentance of Pistis Sophia."
10. Then Salome came forward and said: "My Lord, concerning this thy light-power
prophesied aforetime through David in the fifty-first Psalm, saying:

11. "'Why doth the mighty [one] boast himself in his wickedness?
12. "'Thy tongue hath studied unrighteousness all the day long; as a sharp razor hast
thou practised craft.
13. "'Thou lovedst wickedness more than goodness; thou lovedst to speak
unrighteousness more than righteousness.
14. "'Thou lovedst all words of submerging and a crafty tongue.

15. "'Wherefor will God bring thee to naught utterly, and will uproot thee and drag
thee out from thy dwelling-place, and will root out thy root and cast it away from
the living. (Selah.)
16. "'The righteous will see and be afraid, and they will mock at him and say:

17. "'Lo, a man who made not God for his helper, but trusted to his great riches and
was mighty in his vanity.
18. "'But I am as a fruit-bearing olive-tree in the house of God. I have trusted in the
grace of God from all eternity.
19. "'And I will confess unto thee, for thou hast dealt faithfully with me; and I will
wait on thy name, for it is auspicious in the presence of thy holy [ones].'

20. "This then is now, therefore, my Lord, the solution of the eleventh repentance of Pistis
Sophia. While thy light-power hath roused me, I have spoken it according to thy desire."

21. It came to pass then, when Jesus had heard these words which Salome spake, that he
said: "Well said, Salome. Amēn, amēn, I say unto you: I will perfect you in all mysteries

of the kingdom of the Light."