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[? miscopied.]) 17"And that mystery knoweth why the south wind hath arisen and why the north wind hath arisen. 18"And that mystery knoweth why the stars of the heaven and the disks of the light-givers have arisen and why the firmament with all its veils hath arisen. 19"And that mystery knoweth why the rulers of the spheres have arisen and why the sphere with all its regions hath arisen. 20"And that mystery knoweth why the rulers of the aeons have arisen and why the aeons with their veils have arisen. 21"And that mystery knoweth why the tyrant rulers of the aeons have arisen and why the rulers who have repented have arisen. 22"And that mystery knoweth why the servitors have arisen and why the decans have arisen. 23"And that mystery knoweth why the angels 24have arisen and why the archangels have arisen. "And that mystery knoweth why the lords have arisen and why the gods have arisen. 25"And that mystery knoweth why the jealousy in the height hath arisen and why concord hath arisen. 26"And that mystery knoweth why hate hath arisen and why love hath arisen. 27"And that mystery knoweth why discord hath arisen and why concord hath arisen. 28"And that mystery knoweth why avarice hath arisen and why renunciation of all hath arisen and love of possessions hath arisen. 29"And that mystery knoweth why love of the belly hath arisen and why satiety hath arisen. 30"And that mystery knoweth why the paired have arisen and why the unpaired have arisen. 31"And that mystery knoweth why impiety hath arisen and why fear of God hath arisen. 32"And that mystery knoweth why the light-givers have arisen and why the sparks have arisen. 33"And that mystery knoweth why the thrice-powerful have arisen and why the invisibles have arisen. 34"And that mystery knoweth why the fore-fathers have arisen and why the purities have arisen. 35"And that mystery knoweth why the great self-willed hath arisen and why his faithful have arisen. 36"And that mystery knoweth why the great triple-powerful hath arisen and why the great invisible forefather hath arisen. 37"And that mystery knoweth why the thirteenth aeon hath arisen and why the region of those of the Midst hath arisen. "And that mystery knoweth why receivers of the Midst have arisen and why the virgins of the light have arisen. 38"And that mystery knoweth why the ministers of the Midst have arisen and why the angels of the Midst have arisen. 39"And that mystery knoweth why the light-land hath arisen and why the great receiver of the light hath arisen. 40"And that mystery knoweth why the guards of the region of the Right have arisen and why the leaders of them have arisen. 41"And that mystery knoweth why the gate of life hath arisen and why Sabaoth, the Good, hath arisen. 42"And that mystery knoweth why the region of the Right hath arisen and why the light-land, which is the treasury of the light, hath arisen. 43"And that mystery knoweth why the emanations of the light have arisen and why the twelve saviours have arisen. 44"And that mystery knoweth why the three gates of the treasury of the light have arisen and why the nine guards have arisen. 45"And that mystery knoweth why the twin-saviours have arisen and why the three Amens have arisen. 46"And that mystery knoweth why the five Trees have arisen and why the seven Amens have arisen. 47"And that mystery knoweth why the Mixture which existeth not, hath arisen and why it is purified." ‹Previous chapterPistis Sophia 92Next chapterPistis Sophia 94›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. 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