My LORD’s BibleThe Gospel of Mary 7
A 2nd-century AD dialogue gospel in which Mary (generally taken to be Mary Magdalene) comforts the disciples after the Savior has left them and tells them a vision he gave her alone, of the soul rising past the powers of Darkness, Desire, Ignorance and Wrath. Peter and Andrew refuse to believe that the Savior would teach a woman in secret, and Levi defends her. About half the book is lost: the main copy, the Coptic Berlin Codex (Papyrus Berolinensis 8502, 5th century, not from Nag Hammadi though of the same kind), is missing pages 1-6 and 11-14, so the text begins mid-conversation and breaks off in the middle of Mary's vision; two small 3rd-century Greek fragments also survive. This is Mark M. Mattison's public-domain translation of the Coptic; chapter numbers are the manuscript's page numbers (7-10 and 15-19) and each paragraph is a verse. Square brackets mark gaps and restorations, parentheses his supplied words, and "/ \" his correction of a scribal error. Not part of any church's canon.
1"Then will [matter] be [destroyed], or not?"
2The Savior said, "Every nature, every form, every creature exists in and with each other, but they'll dissolve again into their own roots, because the nature of matter dissolves into its nature alone. Anyone who has ears to hear should hear!"
See also: Matthew 11:15
3Peter said to him, "Since you've explained everything to us, tell us one more thing. What's the sin of the world?"
4The Savior said, "Sin doesn't exist, but you're the ones who make sin when you act in accordance with the nature of adultery, which is called 'sin.' That's why the Good came among you, up to the things of every nature in order to restore it within its root."
5Then he continued and said, "That's why you get sick and die, because [you love what tricks you. Anyone who] can understand should understand!