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NHC I, 1 — The Prayer of Paul, the Apostle — sourceblocks 1–5
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].
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NHC I, 1 — The Prayer of Paul, the Apostle — sourceblocks 6–6
Prayer of Paul (the) Apostle. In Peace. Christ is holy.
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Nag Hammadi Library — eight author-dedicated Zinner/Mattison English texts
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Reading language: eng · Original language (catalog): Coptic; many works reflect Greek antecedents
Recorded completeness: Partial anthology of eight complete supplied modern author-dedicated English NagHammaditexts: NHC I,1PrayerPaul;I,2SecretBookJames;I,4TreatiseResurrection;I,5TripartiteTractate;II,4SubstanceArchons;II,5OriginWorld;II,6ExegesisSoul;II,7ThomasContender. Each has itsownReaderchapter/manuscriptidentifier/title. These are the fullsupplied translations with their manuscriptlacunae, not everytext/codexof the NagHammadiLibrary. ExistingJohn/Thomas/Maryeditions not duplicated here. Alltranslatedwordorder, paragraphbreaks, page/witnessmarkers, brackets andsourceeditorialcorrections retained. SeparatesourceNotes/marketing excluded, originalfullHTMLretained. No originalCoptic or newlygeneratedHSLTclaim.. Available reading sections are listed below.
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8 chapter/reading unit(s) · 147 nonempty passage record(s).
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- NHC-I-1 · 2 passage record(s)
- NHC-1-2 · 15 passage record(s)
- NHC-I-4 · 8 passage record(s)
- NHC-I-5 · 43 passage record(s)
- NHC-II-4 · 20 passage record(s)
- NHC-II-5 · 35 passage record(s)
- NHC-II-6 · 14 passage record(s)
- NHC-II-7 · 10 passage record(s)
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