Adam, Eve, and the Bridal Chamber
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1When Eve was [in] Adam, death didn't exist.
2When she separated from him, death came into being.
3If he [enters] again and receives it for himself, there will be no death.
4"[My] God, my God, why, Lord, [have] you forsaken me?" He said this on the cross, because he was divided in that place. […] that he was begotten through that which […] from God.
5The […] from the dead […] exists, but […] he's perfect […] of flesh, but this […] is true flesh […] isn't true, [but …] image of the true.
6A bridal chamber isn't for the animals, nor for the slaves, nor for the impure, but it's for free people and virgins.
7We're begotten again through the Holy Spirit, but we're begotten through Christ by two things.
8We're anointed through the Spirit.
9When we were begotten, we were united.
10Without light, no one can see themselves in water or in a mirror; nor again will you be able to see in light without water or mirror.
11Because of this, it's necessary to baptize in both: in the light and in the water, but the light is the chrism.
12There were three houses of offering in Jerusalem.
13The one which opens to the west is called "the Holy." The other one, which opens to the south, is called "the Holy of the Holy." The third, which opens to the east, is called "the Holy of the Holies," the place where the high priest enters alone.
14Baptism is "the Holy" house. [Redemption] is "the Holy of the Holy." "The [Holy] of the Holies" is the bridal chamber.
15The [baptism] includes the resurrection [with] the redemption.
16The redemption is in the bridal chamber.
17But [the] bridal chamber is better than […] You won't find its […] those who pray […] Jerusalem. […] Jerusalem who [… Jerusalem], being seen […] these that are called "[the Holies] of the Holies" [… the] veil torn […] bridal chamber except the image [… which] [is above.
18So] its veil was torn from top to bottom, because it was necessary for some from below to go up above.
19The powers can't see those who have put on the perfect light, and they can't bind them.
20But one will put on that light in the mystery of the union.
21If the female wouldn't have been separated from the male, she wouldn't have died with the male.
22His separation was the beginning of death.
23Because of this, Christ came to repair the separation that existed since the beginning by uniting the two again.
24He'll give life to those who died as a result of the separation by uniting them.
25Now, the wife unites with her husband in the bridal chamber, and those who have united in the bridal chamber won't be separated any longer.
26Because of this, Eve separated from Adam, because she didn't unite with him in the bridal chamber.
27It was through a breath that Adam's soul came into being.
28Its partner was the spirit.
29That which was given to him was his mother.
30His soul was [taken] and he was given [life] (Eve) in its place.
31When he was united […] words that were better than the powers, and they envied him […] spiritual partner […] hidden […] that is, the […] themselves […] bridal chamber so that […] Jesus appeared [… the] Jordan, the [fullness of the kingdom] of heaven.
32He who [was begotten] before everything was begotten again.
33He [who was anointed] first was anointed again.
34He who was redeemed, redeemed again.
35If it's necessary to speak of a mystery: the Father of everything united with the virgin who came down, and a fire enlightened him on that day.
36He revealed the great bridal chamber, so his body came into being on that day.
37He came out of the bridal chamber like the one who came into being from the groom and the bride.
38That's the way Jesus established everything within himself.
39It's also necessary for each of the disciples to enter into his rest through these things.
40Adam came into being from two virgins: from the Spirit and from the virgin earth.
41So Christ was begotten from a virgin, to rectify the fall that occurred in the beginning.
42There are two trees growing in Paradise.
43One begets [animals], the other begets humans.
44Adam [ate] from the tree that begot animals, [and he] became an animal, and he begot [animals].
45So Adam's children worship the [animals].
46The tree […] is fruit […] this they […] ate the […] fruit of the […] beget humans […] of the human of […] God makes the human, [… humans] make [God].
47That's what it's like in the world: humans make gods and worship their creation.
48It would be better for the gods to worship humans!
49The truth is that the work of humankind comes from their power, so they're called "the powers." Their works are their children, who come into being through rest; so their power exists in their works, but the rest is revealed in their children.
50And you'll find that this extends to the image.
51And this is the person in the image: they do their works through their power, but they beget their children through rest.
52In this world, the slaves work for the free.
53In the kingdom of heaven, the free will serve the slaves.
54The children of the bridal chamber will serve the children of the [marriage.
55The] children of the bridal chamber have a [single] name: "Rest." [Being] together they don't need to take form, [because they have] contemplation […] they're many […] with those who are in the […] the glories of the […] not […] them […] go down to the [water …] they'll redeem themselves […] that is, those who have […] in his name, because he said: "[That's the way] we'll fulfill all righteousness."