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In Luke, Jesus says his disciples must hate their family and even their own life. Exegesis on the Soul, a Nag Hammadi text, leaves out the family and uses the saying about hating one’s soul to explain repentance.
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1000+ CE
Luke 14:26
New Testament
25 Now large crowds were accompanying Jesus, and turning to them he said, 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
Exegesis on the Soul 5:3
Nag Hammadi
The Savior again said: “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be pitied. Blessed are those who are hungry, for they will be filled.” ‒ (Matthew 5:4-6), (Luke 6:21) He said once more, “If one does not hate his soul he cannot follow me.” ‒ (Luke 14:26) This is because the beginning of salvation is repentance. And so, “Before Christ appeared, John came, preaching the baptism of repentance.” ‒ (Acts 13:24) And repentance occurs in pain and sorrow.
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“... Moreover, like the Pachomian texts, the Exegesis on the Soul makes its case for repentance in a prose replete with scriptural quotations and allusions, like when the value of repentance is explained by means of quotations from Luke and Acts: “If one does not hate his own soul he will not be able to follow me.”35 For the beginning of salvation is repentance. Therefore, “before the arrival of Christ, John came, preach[ing] the baptism of repentance.”36 And repentance comes about in pain and grief. But the Father is a good lover of humanity and he hears the soul who calls up to him and he sends her the saving light. Exeg. Soul 135.19–2937 [...] 35 Luke 14:26. 36 Acts 13:24. ...”
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