1. A Hebrew makes a Hebrew, and such a person is called a proselyte. But a proselyte does not make a proselyte. Those Who came from the Truth are as They were initially. And They beget other Men of Truth. The lat-ter need only to be born (in It).
1. A Hebrew person makes a (convert) Hebrew, who moreover is called thus: a novice (proselyte). Yet a novice does not make (another) novice. [Some persons] are as they are [...] and also influence others [to become like themselves, while for the remainder] it suffices to them that they shall be. . A Hebrew makes a Hebrew, and such a person is called a convert. A convert does not make a convert. [Some people] are as they [are] and make others [like them], while others simply are. Meyer So the Gospel of Philip. As we will see is an exploration of many Gnostic themes including sacraments, polarity, arguably sexuality and the Gnostic concepts behind divine union. Philip itself begins and plunges us straight into a series of wisdom teachings. Philip like Thomas is probably a series of compiled texts, Thomas being more parable and Philip more "sacramental." Scholars point to Philip being most likely Valentinian or perhaps Sethian. When it comes to Philip we find the question of Mary Magdalene as we will discover later. So Philip begins with no introduction,. We are thrown head long into Philip. We begin with a logion that states a Person can convert another person to be a Hebrew, but a convert cannot make a Hebrew. Much like saying some people are born as certain people, they can bring others into that stream of being, but those converted are unlikely to be able to convert new people. You are what you are. You are born a Hebrew, by blood and thus culture and religion. We find this in witch craft and other similar "paths" that state one is born into a tradition. You are naturally such and such. The Coptic here is generally accepted as Hebrew not Jew (in translation.) This is perhaps then arguing stating a Gnostic is a Gnostic and that is that! Or more accurately an early Christian or perhaps a Jewish Christian like an Ebionite or Nazorean. But whatever the case, this is clearly showing distinction between those who are "of the Gospel of Philip" (or "the living father" for example) and those who are not. Further: http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/gospelphilip.html ............................. A full flowering of Gnosis occurs when one advances deep into the heart of Nazirutha. Having observed the truth firsthand, one is truly a Gnostic a knower (mandayya). One who truly knows can truly testify to such and win other seekers after the hidden. One who has only begun the journey is in no position to testify of its end. Unless they continue their search for a full revelation of that Life which they worship, they shall never posture themselves to speak authoritatively of it. This scroll begins with conversion and reception of the first degree of Nazirutha, it ends with ultimate deification and reception of the thirty-second degree of Nazirutha. All this is made possible by the intercession of Yeshu (Jesus the Nazorean) and Miryai (Gnostic Mary Magdalene). http://essenes.net/Philipcom1.html Similarities: Luke 6:40 NASB: "A pupil is not above his teacher; but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher. (NASB ©1995) GWT: A student is no better than his teacher. But everyone who is well-trained will be like his teacher. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. ASV: The disciple is not above his teacher: but every one when he is perfected shall be as his teacher. BBE: The disciple is not greater than his master, but everyone whose learning is complete will be like his master. DBY: The disciple is not above his teacher, but every one that is perfected shall be as his teacher. Exodus 3:14 (Amplified Bible) And God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM and WHAT I AM, and I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE; and He said, You shall say this to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you! Matthew 23:15 (Amplified Bible) Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders (hypocrites)! For you travel over sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes one [a proselyte], you make him doubly as much a child of hell (Gehenna) as you are. Acts 2:10 (Amplified Bible) Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and the transient residents from Rome, both Jews and the proselytes [to Judaism from other religions], Acts 6:5 (Amplified Bible) And the suggestion pleased the whole assembly, and they selected Stephen, a man full of faith (a strong and welcome belief that Jesus is the Messiah) and full of and controlled by the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte (convert) from Antioch. .............. Proselyte is a person who recently accepted faith. Those Who came from the Truth are Those Who came from the Abode of God-the-Father. They can lead Their disci-ples into this Abode, thus allowing them to be "born" in It. -- Vladimir Antonov
