Grace, Truth, and Righteousness – Selections From “Pistis Sophia,” Part 1 of 2

And Jesus answered and said unto John: ‘To Thee too, John, I give commandment to speak the solution of the words which my Light-power has prophesied in the past through David: “Grace and truth met together, and righteousness and peace kissed each other. Truth has sprouted forth out of the Earth, and righteousness looked down from Heaven.”’

And John answered and said: ‘This is the word which Thou have said unto us in the past: “I have come out of the Height and entered into Sabaōth, the Good, and embraced the Light-power in him.” Now, therefore, “Grace and truth” which “met together,” – Thou are “grace,” Thou who are sent out of the regions of the Height through Thy Father, the First Mystery which looks within, in that He has sent Thee, that Thou may have mercy on the whole world. […]’”