The Gospel of Philip

[Oracle] [Nag Hammadi II,3] [LNV, from the Coptic] [Complete]

Where Thomas refuses to say what things are like, Philip explains the machinery — naming, images, the chrism, the bridal chamber. It argues, and it is worth arguing with a line at a time.

Draw a saying

From the LNV rendering, made from the Coptic of Nag Hammadi Codex II,3. Turn the saying over to see the Coptic behind it, the scribe's corrections, and where the page is broken.

Saying 97

Those who say they will die first and then rise are wrong. If they do not receive the resurrection first, while they are alive, then when they die they will receive nothing.

They speak of baptism the same way. They say baptism is a great thing, because whoever receives it will live.

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