Gospel of PhilipGnostic / Alternative Early ChristianAlternative Early ChristianCoptic translation of Greek traditionsShareGospel of Philip 2Mark M. Mattison - EnglishMoreVersion - 1 availableMark M. MattisonLanguageEnglishEspañol‹Gospel of Philip 1Gospel of Philip 2Gospel of Philip 3Gospel of Philip 4Gospel of Philip 5Gospel of Philip 6Gospel of Philip 7Gospel of Philip 8Gospel of Philip 9Gospel of Philip 10Gospel of Philip 11Gospel of Philip 12Gospel of Philip 13Gospel of Philip 14Gospel of Philip 15Gospel of Philip 16Gospel of Philip 17Gospel of Philip 18›Gospel of Philip: Life, Death, Light, and DarknessGospel of Philip 2ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1Those who sow in the winter reap in the summer. The winter is the world, the summer the other age. Let's sow in the world so that we may reap in the summer. Because of this, it's not right for us to pray in the winter. The summer follows the winter. But if someone reaps in the winter they won't reap, but uproot, as this kind won't produce fruit [...] it doesn't just come out [...] but in the other Sabbath [...] it's fruitless. 2Christ came to buy some, but to save others, and to redeem yet others. He bought those who were strangers, made them his own, and set them apart as a pledge as he wanted to. It wasn't just when he appeared that he laid down his life when he wanted to, but since the day the world came into being he laid down his life when he wanted to. Then he came first to take it, since it had been pledged. It was dominated by the robbers that had captured it, but he saved it; and those who are good in the world he redeemed, as well as those who are bad. 3The light and the darkness, the right and the left, are brothers of each other. They're inseparable. So, those who are good aren't good, those who are bad aren't bad, nor is life (really) life, nor is death (really) death. Because of this, each one will be dissolved into its origin from the beginning. But those who are exalted above the world are indissoluble and eternal. ‹Previous chapterGospel of Philip 1Next chapterGospel of Philip 3›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Translation committed to the public domain by Mark M. Mattison