Gospel of Truth 1:21–28

²¹ This is the knowledge of the living book which he revealed to the [23] generations at the end, letters from him revealing how they’re not vowels or consonants, so that one might read them and think they’re meaningless, but they’re letters of the Truth – they speak and know themselves. Each letter is a complete thought, like a book that’s complete, since they’re letters written by the Unity, the Father having written them so that the generations, by means of his letters, might know the Father. (GTR) ²² His Wisdom meditates on the Word,his teaching speaks it,his knowledge has revealed it,his patience is a crown upon it,his joy is in harmony with it,his glory has exalted it,his image has revealed it,his rest has received it,his love made a body around it,his faith embraced it. (GTR) ²³ In this way, the Word of the Father goes out in all, as the fruit [24][of] his heart and an expression of his will. But it supports all. It chooses them and also takes the expression of all, purifying them, returning them to the Father and to the Mother, Jesus of infinite sweetness. (GTR) ^24a The Father reveals his bosom, and his bosom is the Holy Spirit. He reveals what’s hidden of himself; what’s hidden of himself is his Son – so that through the mercies of the Father, the generations may know him and cease their work in searching for the Father, resting in him and knowing that this is the rest. He’s filled the need and dissolved its appearance – its appearance is the world in which it served, because where there’s envy and strife there’s need, but where there’s Unity there’s completion. (GTR) ^24b Since need came into being because the Father wasn’t known, when the Father is known, from then on, need will no longer exist. As someone’s ignorance dissolves when they gain knowledge, and as darkness dissolves when the light appears, [25] so also need dissolves in completion. So the appearance is revealed from then on, but it’ll dissolve in the harmony of Unity. (GTR) ²⁵ For now, their works lie scattered. In time, Unity will complete the realms. Within Unity each one will receive themselves, and within knowledge they’ll purify themselves from multiplicity into Unity, consuming matter within themselves like fire, and darkness by light, death by life. If indeed these things have happened to each one of us, then it’s right for us to think about all, so that this house will be holy and silent for the Unity. (GTR) ²⁶ It’s like some who’ve left their home, having jars that weren’t any good in places. They broke them, but the master of the house doesn’t suffer any loss. Instead he rejoices, because in place of the bad jars are ones that are ful… (GTR)