1 I also asked the savior: “Lord, will then all the souls be conducted safely into the pure light?” (APJ) 2 He answered and said to me: “Great things have arisen in your mind, because it is difficult to explain them to others, with the exception of those who are from the unmoving race. (APJ) 3 Those on whom the Spirit of life will alight, and whom he will empower, they will be saved and become perfect, and they will be deserving of the Greatness, and in that place, they will be made clean of all evil, as well as participation in evil. (APJ)
Apocryphon of John 18:1–3
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