“... We know little about the persons Paul has in mind in chapters 1-4, but we are given three important clues in 4:8. "At the moment," Paul writes of them, "you are completely satisfied (kekoresmenoi), you have grown rich (eploutisate), and you have begun your reign (ebasilausate)." These are three distinct metaphors for present fulfillment, and Paul's opponents apparently applied them to themselves. All three are important to the Gospel of Thomas. [...] Another metaphor for fulfillment in the Gospel of Thomas is "becoming rich." Logia 109 and 110 form an interesting couplet in reference to this motif. [...] Both 109 and 110 favor finding treasure and riches. Thomas' dual use of the term "world" in 110 can lead to confusion, but clearly finding the world and becoming rich are advocated. Logion 110 is distantly paralleled by 81; He who has become rich, let him become king, and he who has power, let him renounce it. Since, in Logion 2, we read The one who seeks must not cease seeking until he finds, and when he finds, he shall be troubled, and if he is troubled, he will marvel, and he will rule over [all things]. reigning, or becoming king are not possibilities rejected by Thomas but are metaphors for fulfillment. Power, however, should be renounced. ...”