31 “Listen to the message, understand knowledge, love life, and no one will persecute or oppress you other than you yourselves. (SJM) 32 “You wretches! You poor devils! You hypocrites of the truth! You falsifiers of knowledge! You sinners against the Spirit! Can you still bear to listen, when you should’ve been speaking from the beginning? Can you still bear to sleep, when you should’ve been awake from the beginning so that the kingdom of heaven might receive you? (SJM) 33 [10]“Truly I tell you, it’s easier for a holy person to fall into defilement, and for an enlightened person to fall into darkness, than for you to reign – or not reign. (SJM)
Secret Book of James 1:31–33
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Book of Enoch 98:13–15
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Job 33:32–33
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