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9115.\Hearken, therefore, that I may say it in openness.16.\of the higher regions which are above, he hath also led me up out of the regions which are in the bottom below,'--it is the word which Pistis Sophia hath spoken: 'I sing praises unto thee; through thy commandment hastthou led me down out of this higher %u00e6on which is above, and hast led me to the regions below. And again through thy commandment thou hast saved me and led me up out of the regions which are below.'17.\those in the midst and hath taught me concerning them,'it is the word which Pistis Sophiahath spoken: 'And again through thy commandment hast thou caused the matter in the midst of my power to be purified, and I have seen it.'18.\scattered my foes and my adversaries,'--it is the word which Pistis Sophia hath spoken: 'Thou hast scattered far from me all the emanations of Self-willed which constrained me and were hostile to me.'19.\the bonds, to unloose them,'--it is the word which Pistis Sophia hath spoken: 'And he hath bestowed on me wisdom to loose myself from the bonds of those emanations.'20.\seven heads with my hands, he hath set me up above its root, that I may extinguish its seed,'it is the word which Pistis Sophia hath spoken: 'And thou hast smitten the serpent with the seven heads through my hands and set me up above its matter. Thou hast destroyed it, so that its seed may not raise itself up from now on.'21.\the word which Pistis Sophia hath spoken: 'And thou wert with me, giving me power in all this.'22.\regions,'it is the word which Pistis Sophia hath spoken: 'And thy light surrounded me in all their regions.'23.\venom of the slanderers,'--it is the word which Pistis Sophia hath spoken: 'And through thee the emanations of Self-willed became powerless, for thou hast taken from them the light of their power.'24.\faithful,'--it is the word which Pistis Sophia hath spoken: 'Thou hast made straight my way to lead me out of thechaos, because I have had faith in thee.'25.\and hast removed them from the midst of the corpses,'--it is the word which Pistis