2 Further, they created by means of their individual powers in agreement with the allotted attributes, and each authority provided an attribute by means of the shape of the image he had seen in its psychic (dimension). (APJ) 3 He created an entity according to the likeness of the perfect Primal Man, and they said: ‘Let us call him Adam, so that his name will become for us a power of light,’ and the powers commenced: (APJ) 4 The first one, Goodness, created a living bone, and the second, Providence, created a living sinew. (APJ)
Apocryphon of John 13:2–4
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Apocryphon of John 15:3–5
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Testament of Reuben 1:12–14
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Apocryphon of John 11:9–11
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Apocryphon of John 11:14–16
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Apocryphon of John 12:8–10
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Apocryphon of John 4:2–4
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