3 This is the first [power, which existed] before the All, and [which issued] forth from his mind. (APJ) 4 She [is the Providence of the All] — her light [glows like his] light — the [perfect] power who is [the] image of the perfect unseen, virginal Spirit. (APJ) 5 [The first power] (is) the glory of Barbelo, the perfect «5» glory inside the aeons, the glory of the revelation. (APJ)
Apocryphon of John 4:3–5
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Apocryphon of John 7:2–4
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