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Jesus Christ, the Son of God [...] from ...... (2 lines unrecoverable)

... the aeons, that I might tell all of the aeons, and, in (the case of) each one of the aeons,

that I might tell the nature of the aeon, what it is, and that I might put on friendship andgoodness as a garment, O rother, [...] and ...... (7 lines unrecoverable)

... their end [...]. !nd he will re"eal to them the truth [...] in ...

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... pro"er(s) ...

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... at first in parales and riddles [...] proclaim them. #eath will tremle and e angr$, notonl$ he himself, ut also his fellow world%ruling archons, and the principalities and the

authorities, the female gods and the male gods, together with the archangels. !nd ...... (4 lines unrecoverable)

... all of them, [...] the world%rulers [...], all of them, and all the [...], and all the [...].

&he$ will sa$ [...] concerning him, and concerning [...] and ...... (2 lines unrecoverable)... the$ will [...] hidden m$steries ...

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... out of [...] the !ll. &he$ will [...] this. &he law$ers will ur$ him 'uicl$. &he$ will call

him impious man*, lawless*, impure*. !nd on the third da$, he will rise from the dead ...... (lines 12-eop, and first 3 lines of next page, unrecoverable)

... hol$ disciples. !nd the Sa"ior will re"eal to them the world that gi"es life to the !ll.

+ut those in the hea"ens spoe man$ words, together with those on the earth, and thoseunder the earth. ...

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... which will happen in his name. urthermore, the$ will sa$ of him that he is

unegotten, though he has een egotten, (that) he does not eat, e"en though he eats,(that) he does not drin, e"en though he drins, (that) he is uncircumcised, though hehas een circumcised, (that) he is unfleshl$, though he has come in the flesh, (that) he

did not come to suffering, -though he came to suffering, (that) he did not rise from thedead, -though he arose from the dead.

+ut all the tries and all the peoples will spea the truth who are recei"ing from $ou$ourself, O /elchi0ede, 1ol$ One, 1igh%2riest, the perfect hope and the gifts of life. I am

Gamaliel, who was sent to [...] the congregation of the children of Seth, who are ao"ethousands of thousands, and m$riads of m$riads, of the aeons [...] essence of the aeons,

aa[...] aiai aaa. O di"ine [...] of the [...] nature [...]3 O /other of the aeons, +arelo3 O

first%orn of the aeons, splendid #o4omedon #om[...]3 O glorious one, Jesus Christ3 O chiefcommanders of the luminaries, $ou powers !rmo0el, Oroiael, #a"eithe, 5leleth, and $ou

man%of%light, immortal aeon 2igera%!damas, and $ou good god of the eneficent worlds,/irocheirothetou, through Jesus Christ, the Son of God3 &his is the one whom I proclaim,

inasmuch as there has "isited the One who trul$ e4ists, among those who e4ist [...] do(es)

not e4ist, !el +aruch % that $ou (sg.) might e gi"en the nowledge of the truth [...], thathe is from the race of the 1igh%priest, which is ao"e thousands of thousands, and m$riads

of m$riads, of the aeons. &he ad"erse spirits are ignorant of him, and (of) their (own)destruction. 6ot onl$ (that, ut) I ha"e come to re"eal to $ou the truth, which is within the

rethren. 1e included himself in the li"ing offering, together with $our offspring. 1e offeredthem up as an offering to the !ll. or it is not cattle that $ou will offer up for sin(s) of

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unelief, and for the ignorances, and (for) all the wiced deeds which the$ will do [...]. !ndthe$ do not reach the ather of the !ll [...] the faith ...

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or the waters which are ao"e [...] that recei"e aptism [...]. +ut recei"e that aptism

which is with the water which [...], while he is coming ...... (3 lines unrecoverable)

... aptism as the$ ...

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... pra$ for the offspring of the archons and all the angels, together with the seed -whichflowed forth from the ather of the !ll [...] the entire [...] from [...] there were engendered

the gods and the angels, and the men [...] out of the seed, all of the natures, those in thehea"ens and those upon the earth and those under the earth ...

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... nature of the females [...], among those that are in the [...]. &he$ were ound with [...]

+ut this is not (the) true !dam nor (the) true 5"e.

or when the$ ate of the tree of nowledge, the$ trampled the Cheruim and the Seraphim

with the flaming sword. &he$ [...], which was !dam*s, [...] the world%rulers, and [...] themout [...] after the$ had rought forth [...] offspring of the archons and their worldl$ things,

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... light [...]. !nd the females and the males, those who e4ist with [...] hidden from e"er$

nature, and the$ will renounce the archons [...] who recei"e from him the [...]. or the$ areworth$ of [...] immortal, and great [...], and great [...], and great [...] sons of men [...]

disciples [...] image, and [...] from the light [...] which is hol$. or [...] from the eginning[...] a seed ...

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+ut I will e silent [...], for we are the rethren who came down from the li"ing [...]. &he$will [...] upon the ...

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... of !dam, [...], !el, 5noch, 6oah, [...] $ou, /elchi0ede, the 2riest of God /ost 1igh,

[...] those who [...] women ...... (lines 14-eop unrecoverable)

... these two who ha"e een chosen will at no time nor in an$ place will the$ e con"icted,whene"er the$ ha"e een egotten, $ their enemies, $ their friends, nor $ strangers, nor

their (own) in, (nor) $ the impious, nor the pious. !ll of the ad"erse natures will [...]them, whether those that are manifest, or those that are not manifest, together with those

that dwell in the hea"ens, and those that are upon the earth, and those that are under theearth. &he$ will mae war [...] e"er$ one. or [...], whether in the ...

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... man$ ...

... (2 lines unrecoverable)!nd these in the [...] e"er$ one will [...]. &hese will [...] with e"er$ low [...] weanesses.

&hese will e confined in other forms, and will e punished. &hese the Sa"ior will tae themawa$, and the$ will o"ercome e"er$thing, not with their mouths and words, ut $ means ofthe [...], which will e done for them. 1e will destro$ #eath.

&hese things which I was commanded to re"eal, these things re"eal as I (ha"e done).

+ut that which is hidden, do not re"eal to an$one, unless it is re"ealed to $ou (to do so).7

!nd immediatel$, I arose, I, /elchi0ede, and I egan to [...] God [...] that I should

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... while he is acting [...] li"ing [...] I said, 9I ...

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... and I will not cease, from now on, fore"er, O ather of the !ll, ecause $ou ha"e had pit$on men, and $ou ha"e sent the angel of light [...] from $our aeons [...] to re"eal [...]. :hen

he came, he caused me to e raised up from ignorance, and (from) the fructification ofdeath to life. or I ha"e a name; I am /elchi0ede, the 2riest of God /ost 1igh< I now that

it is I who am trul$ the image of the true 1igh%2riest of God /ost 1igh, and [...] the world.or it is not a small thing that God [...] with [...] while he [...]. !nd [...] the angels thatdwell upon the earth ...

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... is the sacrifice of [...], whom #eath decei"ed. :hen he died, he ound them with thenatures which are leading them astra$. =et he offered up offerings [...] cattle, sa$ing, 9I

ga"e them to #eath, and the angels, and the [...] demons [...] li"ing offering [...]. I ha"eoffered up m$self to $ou as an offering, together with those that are mine, to $ou $ourself,

(O) ather of the !ll, and those whom $ou lo"e, who ha"e come forth from $ou who arehol$ (and) li"ing. !nd -according to the perfect laws, I shall pronounce m$ name as I

recei"e aptism now (and) fore"er, (as a name) among the li"ing (and) hol$ names, and(now) in the waters. !men.7

1ol$ are $ou, 1ol$ are $ou, 1ol$ are $ou, O ather of the !ll, who trul$ e4ists, [...]do(es) not e4ist, !el +aruch [...], for e"er and e"er, !men.

1ol$ are $ou, 1ol$ are $ou, 1ol$ are $ou, /other of the aeons, +arelo, for e"er and

e"er, !men.

1ol$ are $ou, 1ol$ are $ou, 1ol$ are $ou, irst%orn of the aeons, #o4omedon [...], fore"er and e"er, !men.

1ol$ are $ou, 1ol$ are $ou, 1ol$ are $ou, ...... (2 lines unrecoverable)

... for e"er and e"er, !men.

1ol$ are $ou, 1ol$ are $ou, 1ol$ are $ou, ...

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... first aeon, 1armo0el, for e"er and e"er, !men.

1ol$ are $ou, 1ol$ are $ou, 1ol$ are $ou, commander, luminar$ of the aeons, Oriael, fore"er and e"er, !men.

1ol$ are $ou, 1ol$ are $ou, 1ol$ are $ou, commander of the aeons, man%of%light,#a"eithe, for e"er and e"er. !men.

1ol$ are $ou, 1ol$ are $ou, 1ol$ are $ou, commander%in%chief, 5leleth ...... (1 line unrecoverable)

... the aeons ...

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... for e"er and e"er, !men.

1ol$ are $ou, 1ol$ are $ou, 1ol$ are $ou, good god of the eneficent words, .../irocheirothetou, for e"er and e"er, !men.

1ol$ are $ou, 1ol$ are $ou, 1ol$ are $ou, Commander%in%chief of the !ll, Jesus Christ, for

e"er and e"er, !men.

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... lessed [...] confession. !nd [...] confess him [...] now [...], then it ecomes [...] fearand [...], fear and [...] distur [...] surrounding them [...], in the place which has a great

darness in it, and man$ [...] appear [...] there [...] appear ...

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... (lines 23-eop unrecoverable)!nd [...] the$ were clothed with [...] all, and ...

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... disturances. &he$ ga"e [...] their words [...], and the$ said to me, 9[...], /elchi0ede,

2riest of God /ost 1igh,7 [...] the$ spoe as though [...] their mouths [...] in the !ll ...... (7 lines unrecoverable)

... lead astra$ ...

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... with his [...] worship, and [...] faith, and [...] his pra$ers, and ...

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... those that are his [...] first ...

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... &he$ did not care that the priesthood which $ou perform, which is from ...

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... in the counsels of [...] Satan [...], the sacrifice [...] his doctrines ...

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(pp.23-24 of the codex are almost completely missing)... men. !nd [...] $ou (pl.) struc me, [...] $ou threw me, [...] corpse. !nd $ou crucified me

from the third hour of the Saath%e"e until the ninth hour. !nd after these things, I arosefrom the dead, [...] came out of [...] into me, [...] m$ e$es saw [...], the$ did not find

an$one ...... (lines 13-eop unrecoverable)

... greeted me [...]. &he$ said to me, 9+e strong, O /elchi0ede, great 1igh%priest of God

/ost 1igh, for the archons, who are $our enemies, made war< (ut) $ou ha"e pre"ailedo"er them, and the$ did not pre"ail o"er $ou, and $ou endured, and $ou destro$ed $our

enemies. [...] of their [...] will rest in an$ [...] which is li"ing (and) hol$ [...] those that

e4alted themsel"es against him in [...] flesh ...... (lines 1!-eop unrecoverable)

9... with offerings, woring on that which is good, fasting with fasts. &hese re"elations,do not re"eal to an$one in the flesh, since the$ are incorporeal, unless it is re"ealed to

$ou (to do so).7

:hen the rethren who elong to the generations of life had said these things, the$ were

taen up to (the regions) ao"e all the hea"ens.

!men.