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Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

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unless he has become like them. Not as<br />

with the person in the world: he sees<br />

the sun without being made a sun, and<br />

he sees the sky and the earth and all<br />

other things without having been made<br />

into them. (Ps 8:34) But in the truth it is<br />

thus— thou saw something <strong>of</strong> that<br />

place, thou came to be among those<br />

there. Thou saw the Spirit,¹ thou<br />

became spiritual; thou saw the Christ,¹<br />

thou became christlike; thou saw [the<br />

Father,¹ thou] shall become paternal.<br />

Thus [in the world] thou indeed see<br />

everything and [thou] do not [see thy<br />

self], yet thou see thy self in that<br />

[place]. For what thou see, thou shall<br />

become. (¹asyndeta)<br />

49. Faith receives,¹ love gives. [No one<br />

can receive] without faith,¹ no one can<br />

give without love. <strong>The</strong>refore we believe<br />

so that indeed we shall receive, yet we<br />

give so that we shall love. Otherwise, if<br />

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