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) 19 He is neither large, [nor] small. (APJ) 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 [participates] in the aeons nor in temporality, because he who participates in [an aeon] that was set up previously [...]. (APJ) 23 He [was not] not assigned a temporal measurement, [given that] he does not obtain anything from another, [because it would be obtained] as a loan, given that he who exists before someone (else) [has no need] to accept (something) from [another]. (APJ) 24 This is because he is the one who gazes at himself, waiting, in «4» [his] light, given that the [...] is glorious. (APJ) 25 To him belongs purity beyond measure. (APJ) 26 He is an aeon that bestows aeons. (APJ) 27 He is [life] that bestows life. (APJ)
Apocryphon of John 3:17–27
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Apocryphon of John 3:9–11
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Apocryphon of John 3:2–4
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Apocryphon of John 3:31–33
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Gospel of Truth 1:47–49
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Apocryphon of John 6:1–3
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