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145unto you in a similitude, saying: 'Not only unto seven times, but unto seventy times seven.'4.\are in the first space which is from without. Perchance ye win the soul of that brother and he inheriteth the Light-kingdom.5.\the dignitywhich he possesseth in the Light-kingdom, he will receive yet another dignity for the soul which he hath saved, so that he who shall save many souls, besides the dignity which he possesseth in the Light he will receive many other dignities for the souls which he hath saved.\CHAPTER 105%u2013THE MYSTERIES OF THE BEGINNINGAND THE ORDER OF GIVING TO THOSE WHO ARE SINCERE1.When then the Saviour had said this, John started forward and said: \me if I question thee, for from now on I will begin to, question thee on all things concerning the manner, how we are to herald it to mankind.2.\are in the first space from without, and if I give him many mysteriesand he doeth not whatisworthy of the kingdom of heaven, --desirest thou that we let him pass through to the mysteries of the second space? Perchance we win the soul of that brother, and he turneth, repenteth and inheriteth the Light-kingdom. Desirest thou that we let him pass through to the mysteries [which are in the second space] or not?\3.And the Saviour answered and said unto John: \but in truth longeth after God, if ye have given him many times the mysteries of the beginning and because of the necessity of the elements of the Fatehe hath not done what is worthy of the mysteries of the Light-kingdom, then forgive him, let him pass through and give him the first mystery which is in the second space. Perchance ye win the soul of that brother.4.\committed transgression and diverssins, and thereafter hath turned again and been in great repentance and hath renounced the whole world and ceased from all the sins of the world, and ye know with certainty that he doth not play-act but in truth longeth after God, then turn ye anew, forgive him, let him pass on through and give him the second mystery in the secondspace of the First Mystery. Perchance ye win the soul of that brother and he inheriteth the Light-kingdom.