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The Gospel of Thomas 2 · 2

Seek until you find

ⲡⲉϫⲉⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ ⲙⲡⲣⲧⲣⲉϥⲗⲟ ⲛϭⲓⲡⲉⲧϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ϣⲁⲛⲧⲉϥϭⲓⲛⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ϩⲟⲧⲁⲛ ⲉϥϣⲁⲛϭⲓⲛⲉ ϥⲛⲁϣⲧⲟⲣⲧⲣ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉϥϣⲁⲛϣⲧⲟⲣⲧⲣ ϥⲛⲁⲣϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ϥⲛⲁⲣⲣⲣⲟ ⲉϫⲛⲡⲧⲏⲣϥ

Word by word

ⲡⲉϫⲉⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥpejeiēsousJesus saidⲙⲡⲣⲧⲣⲉϥⲗⲟmprtreflolet him not ceaseⲛϭⲓⲡⲉⲧϣⲓⲛⲉnchipetshinethe one who seeksⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉefshineas he seeksϣⲁⲛⲧⲉϥϭⲓⲛⲉshantefchineuntil he findsⲁⲩⲱauōandϩⲟⲧⲁⲛhotanwhenⲉϥϣⲁⲛϭⲓⲛⲉefshanchinehe findsϥⲛⲁϣⲧⲟⲣⲧⲣfnashtortrhe will be troubledⲁⲩⲱauōandⲉϥϣⲁⲛϣⲧⲟⲣⲧⲣefshanshtortrwhen he is troubledϥⲛⲁⲣϣⲡⲏⲣⲉfnarshpērehe will marvelⲁⲩⲱauōandϥⲛⲁⲣⲣⲣⲟfnarrrohe will reignⲉϫⲛⲡⲧⲏⲣϥejnptērfover the All

The setting

A chain of five steps — seek, find, be troubled, marvel, reign. The finding is not the end; it unsettles the finder before it crowns him over “the All.”

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