Codex XI, Text 2c — Nag Hammadi Library
From the fleshly into the spiritual, from servitude into sonship, from scattering into one another.
[...from the] world into
the Jordan, and from
the blindness of the world into
the sight of God, from
the fleshly into the spiritual,
from the physical
into the angelic, from
the creation into the Fullness,
from the world into
the Aeon, from
servitude into sonship,
from scattering into
one another, from sowing
into truth, from
stretching into rest, from [...]
[...] into [...]
[...]
This is the way they brought us forth from
spermatic bodies into
bodies of a perfect form —
through them I was able indeed
typically of the body. This is the one through whom the Anointed
One redeemed us, in the
communion of his Spirit.
And he brought us forth, who are
within him, and from now on souls shall
be perfect Spirits.
Those who were given to us
in the first baptism [...]
[...]
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On the Baptism B is the third of five liturgical sub-texts appended to A Valentinian Exposition in Codex XI. It occupies pages 42–43. Despite heavy damage, its structure is clear: a cascading litany of transitions — from the cosmos to the Jordan, from blindness to the sight of God, from the fleshly to the spiritual, from servitude to sonship, from scattering to union. The text describes baptism as the passage through spermatic bodies into a form of perfection, in the communion of the Spirit of the Anointed One.
Source: Coptic (Sahidic) text from Nag Hammadi Codex XI, pages 42–43. Translation: Good Works Translation, New Tianmu Anglican Church.
Scribe: Kavi
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Source Text — Sahidic Coptic
Page 42
42.9
42.10 .ⲁⲃⲁⲗ ϩⲙ ⲡⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲁ
42.11 ϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲡⲓⲟⲣⲇⲁⲛⲏⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲃⲁⲗ
42.12 ϩⲛ̅ ⲧⲙⲛⲧ̅ⲃⲗⲗⲉ ⲙⲡⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲁ
42.13 ϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲡⲛⲉⲩ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲁⲃⲁⲗ
42.14 ϩⲙ̅ ⲡⲥⲁⲣⲕⲓⲕⲟⲛ ⲁϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲡⲡⲛⲉⲩ
42.15 ⲙⲁⲧⲓⲕⲟⲛ ⲁⲃⲁⲗ ϩⲛ̅ ϥⲩⲥⲓⲕⲟⲛ
42.16 ⲁϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲧⲙⲛ̅ⲧⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲁⲃⲁⲗ
42.17 ϩⲙ̅ ⲡⲓⲥⲱⲱⲛⲧ ⲁϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲡⲓⲡⲗⲏ
42.18 ⲣⲱⲙⲁ ⲁⲃⲁⲗ ϩⲛ̅ ⲡⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲁ
42.19 ϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲡⲁⲓⲱⲛ ⲁⲃⲁⲗ ϩⲛ̅ ⲛ
42.20 ⲣϩⲙ̅ϩⲉⲗ ⲁϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲩⲙⲛⲧ̅ϣⲏⲣⲉ
42.21 ⲁⲃⲁⲗ ϩⲛ ϩⲛϭⲗⲁⲗⲗⲙ̅ ⲁϩⲟⲩⲛ
42.22 ⲁⲛⲉⲩⲉⲣⲏⲩ ⲁⲃⲁⲗ ϩⲙ̅ ⲡϫⲁⲉⲓⲉ
42.23 ⲁϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲡⲛ̅tⲙⲉ ⲁⲃⲁⲗ ϩⲙ̅ ⲡⲱ
42.24 ⲣϣ̅ ⲁϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲧϩⲙ̅ⲙⲉ ⲁⲃⲁⲗ ϩⲛ̅
42.25 ...ⲗ ⲁϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲩ.
42.26 [ 6- ⲛⲧⲛ̅[
42.27 [ 6- [ⲁⲛ
42.28 [ⲧⲉⲉⲓ ⲧⲉ ⲑⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲩⲛⲧⲛ̅ ⲁⲃⲁⲗ ϩⲛ̅
42.29 ⲛⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲛⲥⲡⲉⲣⲙⲁⲧⲓⲕⲟⲛ ⲁϩⲟⲩⲛ
42.30 ⲁϩⲛ̅ⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲁⲩⲙⲟⲣϥⲏ ⲛⲧⲉⲗⲉⲓⲁ ⲛ
42.31 ϩⲏⲧⲟⲩ ⲁⲉⲓⲇⲩⲛⲉ ⲙⲙⲉⲛ ⲛⲧⲩⲡⲓ
42.32 ⲕⲱⲥ ⲙⲡⲥⲉⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲉⲓ ⲛⲧⲁⲡⲉⲝⲣⲏ
42.33 ⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲥⲱⲧⲉ ⲙⲙⲁⲛ ⲛϩⲏⲧϥ̅ ϩⲛ̅ ⲧ
42.34 ⲕⲟⲓⲛⲱⲛⲓⲁ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲡⲛⲉⲩⲙⲁ ⲁⲩ
42.35 ⲱ ⲛⲧⲁϥⲉⲓⲛⲉ ⲙⲙⲁⲛ ⲁⲃⲁⲗ ⲉⲧⲛ̅
42.36 ϩⲏ ⲧϥ̅ ⲁⲩⲱ ϫⲙ̅ ⲡⲓⲛⲉⲩ ⲛⲯⲩⲝⲏ
42.37 ⲛⲁⲣ ϩⲛ̅ⲡⲛⲉⲩⲙⲁ ⲛⲧⲉⲗⲉⲓⲟⲛ
42.38 ⲉⲣⲉⲛⲉⲧⲁⲩⲧⲉⲉⲓⲧⲟⲩ ϭⲉ ⲛⲉⲛ
42.39 ϩⲛ̅ ⲡϣⲁⲣⲡ ⲛⲃⲁⲡⲧⲓⲥⲙⲁ ⲉⲩ
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43.13
43.14 15- ..
43.15 [ 6- ⲛ[
43.16 [ⲉⲧⲉ ⲡⲱϥ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲡⲉⲓⲇⲏ
43.17 [ 6- ⲛⲁⲛ[..
43.18 [.ϣⲉϫⲉ ⲁϩⲛ̅.
43.19 [ⲟⲥ[
Source Colophon
Sahidic Coptic text of On the Baptism B, Nag Hammadi Codex XI, pages 42–43. Transcription from codex photographs and critical editions.
Source: Milan Konvicka / Marcion Project (GPL v2).
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