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This manuscript page is severely damaged, with significant tearing at the edges and fading of the ink. The text represents a palimpsest where the "upper writing" (the more recent layer) contains a theological discourse or homily. Many words are reconstructed based on visible letter stems.

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...says? mysteries: likely referring to the hidden truths of faith and of the marketplace? original: "agora," which can mean a marketplace, a public assembly, or the "gathering place" of the world of the world original: "kosmos," meaning the ordered universe or the earthly realm
our? Master original: "despotēs," a title for a lord or absolute ruler, used here for God in the world and the?
and friends to whom is? our? number?
in the world? his authority?
and not? of idols? of God? from the world?
through the holy teachers of God?
of him, and again to him?, for indeed in the?
our [place] in the heavens? and blessed-?
of me? to teach in the world and of the?
from? the prophets of God?
for the Father from himself to give to him?

of the Father and the Son?
and of the Spirit? original: "pneuma," meaning spirit, breath, or the Holy Spirit
in the world and?
our... in the king-?
-dom of God?
and the saints?
unto the ages?
of ages. Amen.?