“... Is the pneumatics’ gnosis also limited? Paul reveals here that the pneumatic’s gnosis may be limited temporarily by his own immaturity. The pneumatic seed, sown “‘in a state of infancy” (cf. 13:11a), must grow into the mature, rational understanding of ‘‘a man” (13:11b).'%? At first the Pneumatic sees only ‘‘in a mirror, in an enigma’’; but gradually he grows into insight (gnosis) and maturity (tedeiosis). Finally, Paul mentions faith and hope—qualities that psychics may share with the elect—but praises love as the ‘‘greatest of these,’’ the pneumatic ‘‘superior way” known to the elect alone.'** The writer of the Gospel of Philip contrasts faith, through which one receives divine gifts, with dove, through which one also gives them.'** Apparently commenting on the three qualities Paul mentions (13:13), he says, “the husbandry of God is . . . through four: faith, hope, love, and gnosis, Our earth is faith, in which we take root. The water is hope, through which we are nourished. The wind is love, through which we grow. But the light is gnosts. through which we ripen to maturity.’’'** ...”