Verily I say unto you: the flesh shall arise, and the soul, alive, that their defence may come to pass on that day in regard of that that they have done, whether it be good or evil: that there may be a choosing-out of the faithful who have kept the commandments of my Father that sent me; and so shall the judgement be accomplished with strictness. For my Father said unto me: My Son, in the day of judgement thou shalt have no respect for the rich, neither pity for the poor, but according to the sins of every man shalt thou deliver him unto everlasting torment. But unto my beloved that have done the commandments of my Father that sent me will I give the rest of life in the kingdom of my Father which is in heaven, and they shall behold that which he hath given me. And he hath given me authority to do that which I will, and to give that which I have promised and determined to give and grant unto them.
Apocrypha · Chapter 26 of 51
The Epistle of the Apostles 26
Early Epistle
Words in this chapter
What these words meant in the original — and where else they appear.
- EmunahאֱמוּנָהFaith as firmness and faithfulness — not as an opinion about something uncertain.
- AgapeἀγάπηThe love that chooses the good of the other, whatever it feels about them.
- ChatatחַטָּאתSin as missing the mark — the arrow that lands wide of what it should have hit.
- NefeshנֶפֶשׁSoul in the sense of throat, breath, whole life — not a spirit loose from the body.
About The Epistle of the Apostles
An apocryphal or pseudepigraphal text — outside the canon of the Western churches, yet widely circulated among ancient Jews and Christians. Published here from a public-domain translation, edited for continuous reading.