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17you indeed from the beginning that ye are not of the world. I also am not of it. For all men who are in the world have gotten their souls out of [the power of] the rulers of the %u00e6ons. But the power which is in you is from me; your souls belong to the height. I have brought twelve powers of the twelve saviours of the Treasury of the Light, taking them out of the portion of my power which I did first receive. 6. And when I had set forth for the world, I came into the midst of the rulers of the sphere and had the form of Gabri%u0113l the angel of the %u00e6ons; and the rulers of the %u00e6ons did not know me, but they thought that I was the angel Gabri%u0113l.7. %u201cIt came to pass then, when I had come into the midst of the rulers of the %u00e6ons, that I looked down on the world of mankind, by command of the First Mystery. I found Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptizer, before she had conceived him, and I sowed into her a power which I had received from the little Ia%u014d, the Good, who is in the Midst, that he might be able to make proclamation before me and make ready my way, and baptize with the water of the forgiveness of sins. That power then is in the body of John.8. %u201cMoreover in place of the soul of the ruler which he was appointed to receive, I found the soul of the prophet Elias in the %u00e6ons of the sphere; and I took him thence, and took his soul and brought it to the Virgin of Light, and she gave it over to her receivers; they brought it to the sphere of the rulers and cast it into the womb of Elizabeth. 9. So the power of the little Ia%u014d, who is in the Midst, and the soul of the prophet Elias, they were bound into the body of John the Baptizer. For this cause then were ye in doubt aforetime, I when I said unto you: %u2018John said: I am not the Christ,%u2019 and ye said unto me: 10. %u2018It standeth written in the scripture: When the Christ shall come, Elias cometh before him and maketh ready his way.%u2019 11. But when ye said this unto me, I said unto you: %u2018Elias verily is come and hath made ready all things, as it standeth written, and they have done unto him as they would.%u2019 And when I knew that ye had not understood that I had discoursed with you concerning the soul of Elias which is bound into John the Baptizer, I answered you in the discourse in openness face to face: 12. %u2018If ye like to accept John the Baptizer: he is Elias, of whom I have said that he will come.%u2019%u201d