Free Lost scriptures: books that did not make it into the New Testament by [edited by] Bart D. Ehrman Page B

our mother. But
    but the wrong meaning. It is the same
    when we became Christians, we gained
    way with (such words as) “the Father”
    a father and mother.
    and “the Son” and “the Holy Spirit” and
    7 Those who sow in winter reap in
    “the life” and “the light” and “the resursummer. The winter is the world; the rection” and “the Church” and all the
    summer is the other aeon. Let us sow in
    other names. Folk do not know the right
    the world so that we may reap in the
    meaning; rather they know the wrong
    summer. On account of this it is seemly
    meaning [unless] they have come to
    for us not to pray in the winter. That
    know the right meaning . . . they are in
    which comes out of the winter is the
    the world . . . in the aeon they would
    summer. But if someone reaps in the winnever be used as names in the world, nor ter, he really will not be reaping, but he
    would they list them under worldly
    will be tearing things out,
    things. They have an end in the aeon.
    8 since this will not produce . . . not
    12 There is only one name which one
    only will it [not] produce . . . but on the
    does not speak out in the world, the name
    Sabbath [his field] is unfruitful.
    which the Father gave to the Son. It is
    9 Christ came to ransom some, but othabove everything. It is the name of the ers he saved, others he redeemed. Those
    Father. For the Son will not become the
    who were strangers he ransomed and
    Father, if he does not put on the name of
    made them his, and he set them apart.
    the Father. Those who have this name

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    NON-CANONICAL GOSPELS
    truly know it, but they do not speak
    virgin whom no power defiled . . . the
    it. Those who do not have it do not
    powers defiled them (or, themselves).
    know it.
    The Lord (would) not have said, “My
    But the truth engendered names in the
    [Father who is in] Heaven,” if he had not
    world for us, because it is impossible to
    had another Father. But he would have
    know it (the truth) without names. The
    simply said: [“My Father.”]
    truth is a single thing and is many things.
    18 The Lord said to the disciples . . .
    It is this way for our sake, in order to
    “Enter the Father’s house, but do not take
    teach us this one thing in love through its
    anything in the Father’s house, nor remany-ness.
    move anything.”
    13 The archons wanted to deceive the
    19 “Jesus” is a secret name; “Christ”
    human because they saw that he was kinis a revealed name. For this reason, “Jedred to the truly good ones. They took sus” does not exist in any (other) lanthe name of the good ones and gave it to guage, but his name is always “Jesus,” as
    those that are not good, so that by names
    they say. “Christ” is also his name; in
    they could deceive him and bind them to
    Syriac, it is “Messiah,” but, in Greek, it
    the ones that are not good. If they do
    is “Christ.” Actually, everyone has it acthem a favor, they are taken away from cording to his own language. “The Nazthose who are not good and given their arene” is the one who reveals secret
    place among those that are good. They
    things.
    knew these things. For they (the archons)
    20 The Christ has everything in himwished to take the free person and enself: man, angel, mystery, and the Father.
    slave him forever. . . .
    21 They err who say, “The Lord first
    15 Before the Christ came there was
    died and then he arose.” First he arose,
    no bread in the world. So also in paradise,
    and then he died. If someone does not
    the place where Adam was, there were
    first achieve the resurrection, will he not
    many trees as food for the animals, but
    die? So truly as God lives, that one would
    there was no wheat for human food. The
    . . . [text uncertain].
    human ate as the animals. But when the
    22 No one will hide an extremely valu
    Christ, the perfect man came, he brought
    able thing in something of equal value.
    bread from heaven so that people could
    However, people often put things worth
    eat in a human