3 I again returned a second time, and I traveled around. (APJ) 4 I issued forth from those who are of the light, which I am, being the remembrance of Providence. (APJ) 5 I entered into the middle of the darkness and into the interior of Hades, given that I was looking after my mission, and the foundations of Chaos trembled, seeking to collapse on those who dwell in Chaos, and to destroy them, and again I hastened upward to my light-root, so that they would not be destroyed before the time. (APJ)
Apocryphon of John 20:3–5
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