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Today, it is a delight to share excerpts from chapters 47 and 48 of “Pistis Sophia,” where even during oppression Pistis Sophia continues her deep repentance and maintains her strong faith in the “Light of Truth.”CHAPTER 47 Jesus leads Sophia to a less confined region, but without the commandment of the First Mystery.“Jesus continued again in the discourse and said unto His disciples: ‘[…] When this then took place, Pistis Sophia did not know that I was her helper; nor did she know me at all, but she continued and persisted withal singing praises to the Light of the Treasury, which she had seen aforetime and on which she had had faith, and she thought that it [the Light] also was her helper and it was the same to which she had sung praises, thinking it was the Light in truth. But as indeed she had had faith in the Light which belongs to the Treasury in truth, therefore will she be led up out of the chaos and her repentance will be accepted from her. But the commandment of the First Mystery was not yet accomplished to accept her repentance from her. But hearken now in order that I may tell you all things which befell Pistis Sophia.”The emanations of Self-willed oppress her again “It came to pass, when I had led her unto a somewhat spacious region in the chaos, that the emanations of Self-willed ceased entirely to oppress her, thinking that she would be led up out of the chaos altogether. It came to pass then, when the emanations of Self-willed had noticed that Pistis Sophia had not been led up out the chaos, that they turned about again all together, oppressing her vehemently. Because of this then she uttered the eighth repentance, because they had not ceased to oppress her, and had turned about to oppress her to the utmost. She uttered this repentance, saying thus: On Thee, O Light, have I hoped. Leave me not in the chaos; deliver me and save me according to Thy gnosis. Give heed unto me and save me. Be unto me a savior, O Light, and save me and lead me unto Thy Light. […]”
