14 I, however, asked: “Lord, how can the soul grow smaller and return into the natural state of its mother or into the man?” (APJ) 15 He then rejoiced when I had asked him this, and he said to me: “Truly, you are blessed, because you have come to understand that such a soul will be made to succeed another, in whom the Spirit of life dwells. (APJ) 16 It will be saved through him. (APJ)
Apocryphon of John 18:14–16
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