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Mead 1921LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Pistis Sophia 1Pistis Sophia 2Pistis Sophia 3Pistis Sophia 4Pistis Sophia 5Pistis Sophia 6Pistis Sophia 7Pistis Sophia 8Pistis Sophia 9Pistis Sophia 10Pistis Sophia 11Pistis Sophia 12Pistis Sophia 13Pistis Sophia 14Pistis Sophia 15Pistis Sophia 16Pistis Sophia 17Pistis Sophia 18Pistis Sophia 19Pistis Sophia 20Pistis Sophia 21Pistis Sophia 22Pistis Sophia 23Pistis Sophia 24Pistis Sophia 25Pistis Sophia 26Pistis Sophia 27Pistis Sophia 28Pistis Sophia 29Pistis Sophia 30Pistis Sophia 31Pistis Sophia 32Pistis Sophia 33Pistis Sophia 34Pistis Sophia 35Pistis Sophia 36Pistis Sophia 37Pistis Sophia 38Pistis Sophia 39Pistis Sophia 40Pistis Sophia 41Pistis Sophia 42Pistis Sophia 43Pistis Sophia 44Pistis Sophia 45Pistis Sophia 46Pistis Sophia 47Pistis Sophia 48Pistis Sophia 49Pistis Sophia 50Pistis Sophia 51Pistis Sophia 52Pistis Sophia 53Pistis Sophia 54Pistis Sophia 55Pistis Sophia 56Pistis Sophia 57Pistis Sophia 58Pistis Sophia 59Pistis Sophia 60Pistis Sophia 61Pistis Sophia 62Pistis Sophia 63Pistis Sophia 64Pistis Sophia 65Pistis Sophia 66Pistis Sophia 67Pistis Sophia 68Pistis Sophia 69Pistis Sophia 70Pistis Sophia 71Pistis Sophia 72Pistis Sophia 73Pistis Sophia 74Pistis Sophia 75Pistis Sophia 76Pistis Sophia 77Pistis Sophia 78Pistis Sophia 79Pistis Sophia 80Pistis Sophia 81Pistis Sophia 82Pistis Sophia 83Pistis Sophia 84Pistis Sophia 85Pistis Sophia 86Pistis Sophia 87Pistis Sophia 88Pistis Sophia 89Pistis Sophia 90Pistis Sophia 91Pistis Sophia 92Pistis Sophia 93Pistis Sophia 94Pistis Sophia 95Pistis Sophia 96Pistis Sophia 97Pistis Sophia 98Pistis Sophia 99Pistis Sophia 100Pistis Sophia 101Pistis Sophia 102Pistis Sophia 103Pistis Sophia 104Pistis Sophia 105Pistis Sophia 106Pistis Sophia 107Pistis Sophia 108Pistis Sophia 109Pistis Sophia 110Pistis Sophia 111Pistis Sophia 112Pistis Sophia 113Pistis Sophia 114Pistis Sophia 115Pistis Sophia 116Pistis Sophia 117Pistis Sophia 118Pistis Sophia 119Pistis Sophia 120Pistis Sophia 121Pistis Sophia 122Pistis Sophia 123Pistis Sophia 124Pistis Sophia 125Pistis Sophia 126Pistis Sophia 127Pistis Sophia 128Pistis Sophia 129Pistis Sophia 130Pistis Sophia 131Pistis Sophia 132Pistis Sophia 133Pistis Sophia 134Pistis Sophia 135Pistis Sophia 136Pistis Sophia 137Pistis Sophia 138Pistis Sophia 139Pistis Sophia 140Pistis Sophia 141Pistis Sophia 142Pistis Sophia 143Pistis Sophia 145Pistis Sophia 146Pistis Sophia 147Pistis Sophia 148Pistis Sophia 149›Pistis Sophia: Chapter 40Pistis Sophia 40ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1It came to pass while Jesus spake these words unto his disciples, saying unto them: "This is the fourth repentance which Pistis Sophia hath uttered; now, therefore, let him who understandeth, understand,"--it came to pass then, when Jesus had spoken these words, that John came forward, adored the breast of Jesus and said unto him: "My Lord, give commandment to me also, and grant me to speak the solution of the fourth repentance which Pistis Sophia hath uttered." 2Jesus said unto John: "I give thee commandment, and I grant thee to speak the solution of the repentance which Pistis Sophia hath uttered." 3John answered and said: "My Lord and Saviour, concerning this repentance which Pistis Sophia hath uttered, thy light-power which was in David, hath prophesied aforetime in the one-hundred-and-first Psalm: 4"'1. Lord, give ear unto my supplication and let my voice reach unto thee. 5"'2. Turn not away thy face from me; incline thine ear unto me in the day when I am oppressed; quickly give ear to me on the day when I shall cry unto thee. 6"'3. For my days are vanished as smoke and my bones are parched as stone. 7"'4. I am scorched as the grass, and my heart is dried up; for I have forgotten to eat my bread. "'5. From the voice of my groaning my bones cleaved to my flesh. 8"'6. I am become as a pelican in the desert; I am become as a screech-owl in the house. 9"'7. I have passed the night watching; I am become as a sparrow alone on the roof. 10"'8. My enemies have reviled me all the day long, and they who honour me, have injured me. 11"'9. For I have eaten ashes instead of my bread and mixed my drink with tears, 12"'10. Because of thy wrath and thy rage; for thou hast lifted me up and cast me down. 13"'11. My days have declined as a shadow, and I am dried up as the grass, 14"'12. But thou, O Lord, thou endurest for ever, and thy remembrance unto the generation of generation[s]. 15"'13. Arise and have mercy upon Zion, for the time is come to have mercy upon her; the proper time is come. 16"'14. Thy servants have longed for her stones, and will take pity on her land. 17"'15. And the nations will have fear of the name of the Lord, and the kings of the earth have fear of thy sovereignty. 18"'16. For the Lord will build up Zion and reveal himself in his sovereignty. 19"17. He hath regarded the prayer of the humble and hath not despised their supplication. 20"'18. This shall be recorded for another generation, and the people who shall be created will praise the Lord. 21"'19. Because he hath looked down on his holy height; the Lord hath looked down from the heaven on the earth, "'20. To hear the sighing of those in chains, to loose the sons of those who are slain, 22"'21. To proclaim the name of the Lord in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem.' 23"This, my Lord, is the solution of the mystery of the repentance which Pistis Sophia hath uttered." ‹Previous chapterPistis Sophia 39Next chapterPistis Sophia 41›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. Public domain in the United States