The Book of Ethics

(1) firm

Arise, my brothers original: "أخاي" (akhay), to the remembrance of the Kingdom. It tells us of the mysteries and the many mysteries; even the prophets of joy have ascended to the heights with them. And when we sing, when we pray, we offer praise. He. Where he does not enter: there are no companions. And where he is not angry: in the sweetness of the child, there is no hope. And where he does not exhaust himself: in the place of the child, there is no likeness. And where he does not fear: the travelers of life are of no benefit to him. She. Many of the kingdoms that have been taken have ascended in the daughter of the Mahdaye a specific group/tradition and Pantikos a term possibly referring to a location or official title: to the city of the holy Kingdom, from the Jordan original: "يَردا" (Yarda) and the house-dwellings: which, in their authority, they do not grasp, they do not receive. And they do not hear, because their knowledge is from: all of them, they shall speak it. In their understanding, however, the hudaye singularities/unifiers (2) (h): their renewal is it. Sd. In the midst of the righteous, Lord, I bring forth: the Kingdom and the Holy One, that as long as you have not been transformed and become like children from all guile and craftiness: until even to the breath of the Kingdom you are not yet seasoned; and how do you wish to be seen among the righteous elders, and wish to draw near to Him? The prophets original: "إيليا" (Elijah/Prophets) have taught you: while you rely on the prophets (3), you are not: you distance yourselves from Him. Nd. That from the truth are the perfect souls: and faith in the sensations of the bodies: is the cloud of the Nazarenes in life. In the place and for the life that is not perfect: both of them are named. But for the lack of its power: the debtor of bodily sensations: from that which is not, for its own life.

(1) "for red" (textual variant)
(2) "red" (textual variant)
(3) "of holiness" (textual variant)