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Reading language: eng · Original language (catalog): Coptic; many works reflect Greek antecedents
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The Prayer of Paul, the Apostle — NHC-I-1 — supplied text part 1
Symbols [ ] Gap in the text (known as a “lacuna”) ( ) Editorial insertion to clarify the text [A] Page number of the Coptic codex (hyperlinked) [A] (One or two lines missing) [your] light, grant me your [mercy]. My redeemer, redeem me, for [I am] yours, the one who came forth from you. You are [my] mind; give birth to me. You are my house of treasures; open for me. You [are] my fullness; embrace me. You are repose; grant me [the] ungraspable perfection. I pray to you, the one who is and was, in the name [that is] exalted above every name, through Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of Lords, King of the worlds. Grant me your gifts, which you regret not, through the Son of Man, the Spirit, the Paraclete [of truth]. Grant me authority [when I] petition you, grant me bodily healing when I petition you through the evangelist, [and] redeem my eternal soul of light, and my spirit; and the firstborn of the Fullness of grace, to my mind reveal him. Grant what the eye of angels has not [seen], and what the ear of archons has not heard, and what has not entered the human mind, which became angelic, and according to the image of the god of the soul, when it was fashioned in the beginning, because I have faith and hope. And set upon me your beloved, elect, blessed Majesty, you who are the First-born, the First-begotten, [B] and the [wonderful] mystery of your house. [For] yours is the power [and] the glory and the praise and the greatness, forever and ever. [Amen]. Prayer of Paul (the) Apostle. In Peace. Christ is holy.
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Recorded completeness: Partial collection of 39 supplied English tractate titles in 45 manuscript and source chapters. The Nag Hammadi witnesses and the related Berlin, Codex Tchacos and British Library fragments have separate chapter identifiers. Translated by Samuel Zinner and edited by Mark M. Mattison, the texts were dedicated to the public domain by their author-publisher. This collected edition preserves the wording, manuscript gaps, editorial symbols and witness distinctions of the previously published editions. Coverage of the Nag Hammadi Library is partial. The English translations are reproduced from their recorded sources; no missing text has been reconstructed.. Available reading sections are listed below.
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