1 Many of them shall be false prophets, and shall teach ways and diverse doctrines of perdition. (APE) 2 And they shall become sons of perdition. (APE) 3 And then shall God come unto my faithful ones that hunger and thirst and are afflicted and prove their souls in this life, and shall judge the sons of iniquity. (APE) 4 And the Lord added and said: Let us go unto the mountain (and) pray. (APE) 5 And going with him, we the twelve disciples besought him that he would show us one of our righteous brethren that had departed out of the world, that we might see what manner of men they are in their form, and take courage, and encourage also the men that should hear us. (APE) 6 And as we prayed, suddenly there appeared two men standing before the Lord (perhaps add, to the east) upon whom we were not able to look. (APE) 7 For there issued from their countenance a ray as of the sun, and their raiment was shining so as the eye of man never saw the like: for no mouth is able to declare nor heart to conceive the glory wherewith they were clad and the beauty of their countenance. (APE) 8 Whom when we saw we were astonied, for their bodies were whiter than any snow and redder than any rose. (APE) 9 And the redness of them was mingled with the whiteness, and, in a word, I am not able to declare their beauty. (APE) 10 For their hair was curling and flourishing (flowery), and fell comely about their countenance and their shoulders like a garland woven of nard and various flowers, or like a rainbow in the air: such was their comeliness. (APE) 11 We, then, seeing the beauty of them were astonied at them, for they appeared suddenly. (APE) 12 And I drew near to the Lord and said: Who are these? (APE) 13 He saith to me: These are your (our) righteous brethren whose appearance ye did desire to see. (APE) 14 And I said unto him: And where are all the righteous? or of what sort is the world wherein they are, and possess this glory? (APE) 15 And the Lord showed me a very great region outside this world exceeding bright with light, and the air of that place illuminated with the beams of the sun, and the earth of itself flowering with blossoms that fade not, and full of spices and plants, fair-flowering and incorruptible, and bearing blessed fruit. (APE) 16 And so great was the blossom that the odour thereof was borne thence even unto us. (APE) 17 And the dwellers in that place were clad with the raiment of shining angels, and their raiment was like unto their land. (APE) 18 And angels ran round about them there. (APE) 19 And the glory of them that dwelt there was all equal, and with one voice they praised the Lord God, rejoicing in that place. (APE) 20 The Lord saith unto us: This is the place of your leaders (or, high priests), the righteous men. (APE) 21 And I saw als… (APE)
Apocalypse of Peter 1:1–34
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