5 [He is eternal], given that he stands in need of [nothing], because [he] is complete perfection. (APJ)
Apocryphon of John 3:5
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Apocryphon of John 3:11–13
11 [He is unseen, given that no] one has seen [him]. (APJ) 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)
Apocryphon of John 3:22–24
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… (APJ) 24 … (APJ)
Sirach 42:20–22
20 No thought escapes him. There is not a word hidden from him. (WEB) 21 He has ordered the mighty works of his wisdom. He is from everlasting to everlasting. Nothing has been added to them, nor diminished from them. He had no need of any counselor. (WEB) 22 How desirable are all h… (WEB)
Odes of Solomon 7:12–14
12 Wherefore He pitied me in His abundant grace: and granted me to ask from Him and to receive from His sacrifice: (ODE) 13 Because He it is that is incorrupt, the fulness of the ages and the Father of them. (ODE) 14 He hath given Him to be seen of them that are His, in order that… (ODE)
2 Enoch 33:2–4
2 And now, Enoch, all that I have told thee, all that thou hast understood, all that thou hast seen of heavenly things, all that thou hast seen on earth, and all that I have written in books by my great wisdom, all these things I have devised and created from t… (2EN)
Apocryphon of John 3:15–17
15 He is [light beyond measure], being pure, sacred, [unstained]. (APJ) 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)
Epistle to Diognetus 8:7–9
7 For God, the Master and Creator of the Universe, Who made all things and arranged them in order, was found to be not only friendly to men, but also long- suffering. (DIO) 8 And such indeed He was always, and is, and will be, kindly and good and dispassionate and true,… (DIO)
Epistle to Diognetus 3:3–5
3 For whereas the Greeks, by offering these things to senseless and deaf images, make an exhibition of stupidity, the Jews considering that they are presenting them to God, as if He were in need of them, ought in all reason to count it folly and not religious w… (DIO)
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