1 [I also] asked to [understand it; and he said] to me: “The monad [is a unity with nothing] higher than it. (APJ) 2 [It is that which exists] as [God] and as Father of the All, [the unseen] one, who is higher than [the All, who exists as] indestructability, [as] pure light, at which no [eye] can gaze. (APJ) 3 He [is the] unseen [Spirit] of whom it is improper [to think of] as a god or as anything similar, because he is more than a god, given that nothing exists that is higher than him, because no one «3» rules over him. (APJ)
Apocryphon of John 3:1–3
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Apocryphon of John 3:8–10
8 He is [limitless], given that no one exists [before him] who could place limits on him. (APJ) 9 He is unfathomable, [given that there] exists before him no one who could [fathom him]. (APJ) 10 [He is] beyond measuring, given that no one [existed before him who could measure] hi… (APJ)
Apocryphon of John 4:2–4
2 He is the one who places his desire inside his [water]-light, [which dwells in the] spring of the [pure light]-water [that] surrounds him, and [his (potential) thought became] actual, and she approached, [that is], she who had [appeared] in front of him insid… (APJ)
Apocryphon of John 3:16–18
16 He is unspeakable, [existing in perfect] indestructability. (APJ) 17 (He exists) [not] (confined) inside perfection, nor inside blessedness, nor inside divinity, but he is highly exalted (above these). (APJ) 18 He is neither somatic, [nor] non-somatic. (APJ)
Epistle to Diognetus 8:4–6
4 Nay, all this is the quackery and deceit of the magicians; (DIO) 5 and no man has either seen or recognised Him, but He revealed Himself. (DIO) 6 And He revealed (Himself) by faith, whereby alone it is given to see God. (DIO)
Apocryphon of John 3:12–14
12 [He is eternal], given that he [exists] eternally. (APJ) 13 He is [unspeakable, given that] no one existed who could conceive of him in order to speak [of him]. (APJ) 14 He cannot be named, given that [no one existed before him] who could name [him]. (APJ)
Apocryphon of John 3:20–22
20 [It is impossible] to say that he has a quantity or that [he has a quality], because no one can [understand him]. (APJ) 21 He is not a being among [beings, but he is] highly exalted, [not] as [though he were loftier], but (he is lofty in) himself. (APJ) 22 He neither [participat… (APJ)
Apocryphon of John 5:11–13
11 Truth approached, and they attended and extolled the unseen, «6» admirable Spirit and his Barbelo on whose account they had come into being. (APJ) 12 This is the aeonic pentad of the Father, which is the Primal Man, the image of the unseen Spirit. (APJ) 13 This is Providence — t… (APJ)
Apocryphon of John 3:33–34
33 [not] because it belongs to him, but because he bestows [the light] that is beyond measure and comprehension. (APJ) 34 [How can I speak] with you of him, [given that] his [aeon] is beyond destruction, in repose, and abiding in [silence, resting], existing before [every… (APJ)
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