Untitled Gnostic Work of the Bruce Codex 22

Translated by Claude from C. Schmidt's German translation (1905) of the Coptic; neither is shown

And this is the Man who is created according to every aeon, and the All has desired (to know) him. This is the All-perfect, and (this) is the Man of God, who is himself God, and an Invisible and an Unknown and an All-still and an Incomprehensible and an Unshakable. It is not fitting to curse him; it is fitting to praise him, as he(?) says: “I praise you, O Father of all fathers of the light. I praise you, O Infinite of the light, (who) are more excellent than all the infinites. I praise you, O Incomprehensible of the light, who surpass all the incomprehensibles. I praise you, O Unutterable of the light, who are before all the unutterables. I praise you, O Incorruptible of the light, (who) are more excellent than all the incorruptibles. (I praise) you, O spring of the light, from which(?) (all) light (comes). (I) praise (you), O Indescribable of the light. (I praise) you, O you who do not think (yourself) of the light. I (praise) you, O Unbegotten of the light. I praise you, O Self-(grown) of the light. I praise (you, O) Forefather of the light, (who) are more excellent than all forefathers. (I praise you, O) Invisible of the light, who are before (all) invisibles. (I) praise you, O Thought (of the) light, which is more excellent than all thoughts. I praise you, O God of the light, who are before all gods. I praise you, O Knowledge, which is light more than all knowledges. I praise you, O Unknown of the light, who are before all the unknown. I praise you, Still One of the light, who are before all the still. I praise (you), O All-powerful of the light, you who are more excellent than all the all-powerful. I praise you, O Thrice-powerful of the light, you who are more excellent than all the thrice-powerful. I praise you, O Inseparable of the light, but you are the one who separates all (light). I praise you, O Pure One of the light, you who are more excellent than all the pure. I praise (you), as you speak of all … I praise (you, who) comprehend all things, whom (no one) comprehends. I praise (you, who contain the All, whom no one) contains. (I praise you, who) have begotten (them all) in unbegottenness, (because) no one has begotten him. I (praise) you, O spring of the All (and) of them all. I praise (you), O truly Self-begotten of the light, (who are before all) the self-begotten. (I) praise you, O truly Unshakable (of the) light, you (light) for those who have moved in your light. I praise you, O Silence of all silence of the light. I praise you, O Saviour of (all) saviours of the light. I praise (you), O alone Incomprehensible of the light. I praise you, (who) alone are the place of all places (of the) All. I praise (you), O alone Wise and (who) alone (are) Wisdom. I praise (you), O sole All-mystery. (I) praise you, O alone All-perfect of the (light). I praise you, O alone (Un)touchable. I praise you, as he gives … (I praise) you, O Good One, (who reveal all) good things. I praise you, O Light, who alone reveal (all light). I praise (you), who awaken (all) mind (and who) give life to all souls. (I praise you), O rest of those who … (I) praise you, who (dwell in) all the fatherhoods from (the beginning) until now; they seek (you), for you are their (seeking. Come?), hear the prayer of the (man?) in all places, who (prays with) his whole heart.” This is the (Father) of all fathers and (the God) of all gods and (the Lord) of all lords and (the Son) of all sons (and) the Saviour of (all) saviours and the Invisible of all invisibles and (the Silence) of all silence and (the) Infinite of all infinites, the Incomprehensible of all incomprehensibles, (and the) one below the world of (all) those below the world, and place of all places, the one alone intelligible, who exists before (all) mind, and further mind, (who is) before all mind, (and an) Incomprehensible, who (comprehends all), a Formless One, (who is before) all forms, (existing before) all and (spread out before?) all … and existing (before?) all (places?) and (existing before) all heights, and (he is a) Wise One more than (all) wisdoms and a Holy One more than all (the holy) and a Good One more than all the good. He is the seed of all good things; he is also pregnant with them all, the Self-grown or the sole offspring, who exists before the All, who begot himself alone, who exists at all times. He is self-begotten and eternal, who has no name and to whom all names belong, who knows before the All, who contemplates the All and looks on the All, who hears the All, who is mightier than all powers, into whose incomprehensible face no one can look. This is the one who exists in a single form, and without substance, and still, and unknown, and he is the All-mystery and the All-wise (and) the Rulerless (and the) …, to whom belong all … which are in (him); and all (the lights) are in (him, and in him) is all life, (and in him) is (all) rest, and in him is (all) … and … and the Mother and (in him) the (Son). This is the (only) Blessed One, for the All has need of him; for (all) are alive for his sake, as it is he who (knows) the All (in himself), who contemplates the All in himself, an Incomprehensible, yet he himself grasps the All and receives it, and nothing exists outside him, but the All exists in him, as he is the boundary for them all and encloses them all, and all exist in him. He is the Father of the aeons, existing before them all; there is no place outside him, there is nothing intelligible, nor anything at all, outside this One Alone, as they behold his incomprehensibility, which exists in them all, for he gives them all boundaries, but they have not comprehended him; they wonder that he gives boundaries to them all; they strive … [The rest is lost.]