“... In Gos. Thom. 25:1, Jesus says, “love your brother like your soul,” [...]. Gos. Thom. 25:1 is a version of the love commandment from Lev 19:18 LXX ([...], “you shall love your neighbor as yourself”) that achieved wide circulation among early Christians. It is worth noting that some texts (e.g., Mark 12:31) present this commandment the same way as phrased in Lev 19:18 LXX, while others (e.g., Barn. 19:5), like the Gospel of Thomas, counsel the love of one’s soul rather than of oneself. Quite remarkably, the Didache includes both variants and exhorts the reader to love others both [...], “as yourself,” (Did. 1:2) and [...], “more than your soul” (Did. 2:7). There can be no doubt that these two expressions, used in the different versions of the love commandment, “your soul” and “yourself,” are synonymous. It is unlikely that, in Gos. Thom. 25:1, the Thomasine Jesus would [...] say “as your soul” instead of “as yourself,” if the soul were among the inferior elements of the human compound. ...”