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Theodotus

Section 31

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Author: Theodotus

XXXI. In length of days, it is not on account

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of

his

having

lived

long

that

the

man

is

to

be

regarded

happy

,

to

whose

lot

it

has

also

fallen

,

through

his

having

lived

,

to

be

worthy

of

living

for

ever

.

He

has

pained

no

one

,

except

in

instructing

by

the

word

the

wounded

in

heart

,

as

it

were

by

a

salutary

honey

,

which

is

at

once

sweet

and

pungent

.

So

that

,

above

all

,

the

Gnostic

preserves

the

decorous

along

with

that

which

is

in

accordance

with

reason

.

For

passion

being

cut

away

and

stript

off

from

the

whole

soul

,

he

henceforth

consorts

and

lives

with

what

is

noblest

,

which

has

now

become

pure

,

and

emancipated

to

adoption

.