21 The Lord told me, “When you realize what ‘head’ means, and that prophecy comes from the head, understand what ‘its head was removed’ means. [7]At first I spoke to you in parables, and you didn’t understand. Now I speak to you openly, and you still don’t perceive. But to me you were a parable among parables and something visible out in the open. (SJM) 22 “Be eager to be saved without being urged. Rather, be ready on your own and, if possible, get there before me, because the Father will love you. (SJM) 23 “Come to hate hypocrisy and evil intention, because intention is what produces hypocrisy, and hypocrisy is far from the truth. (SJM)
Secret Book of James 1:21–23
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