11 He, however, grinned and said to me: “The soul, in which the power will grow stronger than the vile spirit — because it is strong and runs away from evil — even by the intervention of the indestructible one, it will be saved and brought up to the repose of the aeons.” (APJ) 12 I, however, asked: “Lord, but those who were unaware of the one to whom they belong, where will their souls dwell?” (APJ) 13 He then said to me: “In those, when the vile spirit «27» increased in strength, they went astray; and it weighs down the soul and drags it to evil deeds, and he throws it down into oblivion, and after it departs, it is delivered over to the authorities who originated through the archon, and they fetter it with chains, and throw it into prison, and accompany it until it rouses from oblivion and obtains knowledge, and if in this way it is perfected, it will be saved.” (APJ)
Apocryphon of John 18:11–13
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