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Chapter 5  
     
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 And Jesus said, Do not make the kingdom of heaven a desert within you.
 
2.
 Do not be proud because of the light that illumines, but be to yourselves as I myself am to you.
 
3.
 For your sakes I have placed myself under the curse, that you may be saved.  
4.
 But Simon the Samaritan replied to these words and said, Sometimes you urge us on to the kingdom of heaven, and then again you turn us back, Lord; sometimes you persuade and draw us to faith and promise us life, and then again you cast us forth from the kingdom of heaven.
 
5.
 But Jesus answered and said unto us, I have given you faith many times; moreover, I have revealed myself to you, James, and you all have not known me.
 
6.
 Now again, I see you rejoicing many times; and when you are elated at the promise of life, are you yet sad, and do you grieve, when you are instructed in the kingdom?
 
7.
 But you, through faith and knowledge, have received life.
 
8.
 Therefore, disdain the rejection when you hear it, but when you hear the promise, rejoice the more.
 
9.
 Verily, I say unto you, he who will receive life and believe in the kingdom will never leave it, not even if the Father wishes to banish him.
 
10.
 These are the things that I shall tell you so far; now, however, I shall ascend to the place from whence I came.
 
11.
 But you, when I was eager to go, have cast me out, and instead of accompanying me, you have pursued me.
 
12.
 But pay heed to the glory that awaits me, and, having opened your heart, listen to the hymns that await me up in the heavens; for today I must take my place on the right hand of the Father.
 
13.
 But I have said my last word to you, and I shall depart from you, for a chariot of spirit has borne me aloft, and from this moment on, I shall strip myself, that I may clothe myself.
  
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 But give heed; blessed are they who have proclaimed the Son before his descent, that when I have come, I might ascend again.
 
15.
 Thrice blessed are they who were proclaimed by the Son before they came to be, that you might have a portion among them.
 
16.
 Having said these words, he departed.
 

 
 
 

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