elevation

¹⁰Be humbled in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

¹⁷Obey your leaders and be subject to them. For they watch over you, as if to render an account of your souls. So then, may they do this with joy, and not with grief. Otherwise, it would not be as helpful to you.

¹Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called as an Apostle, separated for the Gospel of God, ²which he had promised beforehand, through his Prophets, in the Holy Scriptures, ³about his Son, who was made for him from the offspring of David according to the flesh, ⁴the Son of God, who was predestined in virtue according to the Spirit of sanctification from the resurrection of the dead, our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁵through whom we have received grace and Apostleship, for the sake of his name, for the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles, ⁶from whom you also have been called by Jesus Christ:

⁷And then the Lord God formed man from the clay of the earth, and he breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.

²²He is the One who sits upon the globe of the earth, and its inhabitants are like locusts. He extends the heavens as if they were nothing, and he spreads them out like a tent, in which to dwell.

¹⁰“Two men ascended to the temple, in order to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.

¹⁷Do not think that I have come to loosen the law or the prophets. I have not come to loosen, but to fulfill.

²⁸And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together unto good, for those who, in accordance with his purpose, are called to be saints.

⁵May he grant to you according to your heart, and confirm all your counsels.

³He also presented himself alive to them, after his Passion, appearing to them throughout forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God with many elucidations.

¹And so the heavens and the earth were completed, with all their adornment. ²And on the seventh day, God fulfilled his work, which he had made. And on the seventh day he rested from all his work, which he had accomplished. ³And he blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. For in it, he had ceased from all his work: the work whereby God created whatever he should make. ⁴These are the generations of heaven and earth, when they were created, in the day when the Lord God made heaven and earth, ⁵and every sapling of the field, before it would rise up in the land, and every wild plant, before it would germinate. For the Lord God had not brought rain upon the earth, and there was no man to work the land. ⁶But a fountain ascended from the earth, irrigating the entire surface of the land.

¹This is the book of the lineage of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him to the likeness of God. ²He created them, male and female; and he blessed them. And he called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. ³Then Adam lived for one hundred and thirty years. And then he conceived a son in his own image and likeness, and he called his name Seth. ⁴And after he conceived Seth, the days of Adam that passed were eight hundred years. And he conceived sons and daughters. ⁵And all the time that passed while Adam lived was nine hundred and thirty years, and then he died. ⁶Seth likewise lived for one hundred and five years, and then he conceived Enos.

⁴Instead, you should be a hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptibility of a quiet and meek spirit, rich in the sight of God.

¹Let every soul be subject to higher authorities. For there is no authority except from God and those who have been ordained by God.

⁷He stretched out the North over emptiness, and he suspended the land over nothing.

⁸For God is judge. This one he humbles and that one he exalts.

¹However, the serpent was more crafty than any of the creatures of the earth that the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Why has God instructed you, that you should not eat from every tree of Paradise?” ²The woman responded to him: “From the fruit of the trees which are in Paradise, we eat. ³Yet truly, from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of Paradise, God has instructed us that we should not eat, and that we should not touch it, lest perhaps we may die.” ⁴Then the serpent said to the woman: “By no means will you die a death. ⁵For God knows that, on whatever day you will eat from it, your eyes will be opened; and you will be like gods, knowing good and evil.” ⁶And so the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, and beautiful to the eyes, and delightful to consider. And she took from its fruit, and she ate. And she gave to her husband, who ate.

¹¹And I saw a great white throne, and One sitting upon it, from whose sight earth and heaven fled, and no place was found for them. ¹²And I saw the dead, great and small, standing in view of the throne. And books were opened. And another Book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged by those things that had been written in the books, according to their works. ¹³And the sea gave up the dead who were in it. And death and Hell gave up their dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. ¹⁴And Hell and death were cast into the pool of fire. This is the second death. ¹⁵And whoever was not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the pool of fire.

¹²How is it that you have fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, who used to rise like the sun? How is it that you have fallen to the earth, you who wounded the peoples?

²⁷He carries away the drops of rain, and he sends forth showers like a raging whirlpool; ²⁸they flow from the clouds that are woven above everything.