Warning against false doctrines

A wise man searches for the words of God, but the foolish one will be mocked by them. He who hates the knowledge of God and pushes away His contemplation is like a spear piercing his own heart. Knowledge of the Trinity is superior to the knowledge of the incorporeal ones, and the contemplation of it is superior to the words of all the ages.

Many are the elders of practice, but their life is the knowledge of truth. A young man of practice bears much, but who will respect an undaunted elder? I saw an angry elder exalting himself upon his throne, but rather his young man had hope.

He who scandalizes the worldly ones will not be without punishment, and he who provokes them insults his own name. He who disturbs the church of the Lord will be consumed by fire, and he who opposes a priest will be swallowed by the earth. He who loves the bee will eat its wax, and he who gathers it will be filled with spirit.

Honor the Lord and you will know the words of the incorporeal, and serve Him and He will show you the words of the ages. Apart from knowledge, the heart will not be exalted, and a tree will not bloom without drink.

The flesh of Christ is the practical virtues, and he who eats them will become impassive. The blood of Christ is the contemplation of things that have come to pass, and he who drinks it will be made wise by it. The breast of the Lord is the knowledge of God, and he who falls upon it will be a theologian. The Gnostic and the practical met one another, but the Lord stands in the middle of both.

He who has acquired love has acquired a treasure, and has received grace from the Lord. Wisdom recognizes the dogmas of demons, but prudence tracks out their cunning. Do not reject the holy dogmas which your fathers laid down, and do not abandon the faith of your baptism, and do not cast away the spiritual seal, so that the Lord may be born in your soul and cover you in the day of evil. The words of heretics are angels of death, and he who receives them. Text ends abruptly....

He will lose his own soul. Now then, son, listen to me, and do not approach the doors of lawless men, nor walk upon their snares, so that you may not be caught. But turn your soul away from false knowledge. For I have often spoken to them, but I traced out their dark words, and I found a venom of shields among them. There is no prudence and there is no wisdom in their words. All those receiving them will be destroyed, and those loving them will be filled with evils. I saw the father of their dogmas and encountered them in the desert. For enemies of the Lord met me, and demons contended with me in words, and I did not see true light in their utterances.

127 A man lying will fall from God, and deceiving his neighbor will fall into evils. 128 Better is the paradise of God than a garden of vegetables, and the river of the Lord than a great river flooding the earth. 5 129 More trustworthy is heavenly water than the water of Egyptians wise men drawing from the earth. 130 Just as those ascending the wheels go down, so those exalting their words are humbled in them. 131 The wisdom of the Lord lifts up the heart, but his prudence cleanses it.

132 Words of providence are dark, and contemplations of judgment are hard to understand, but a practical man will know them. 133 Purifying himself, he will see noetic natures, and the words of the incorporeal he will know, alone, gentle. 134 The creature saying the Holy Trinity blasphemes God, and he who rejects his Christ will not know him. 135 Contemplations of worlds widen the heart, but words of providence and judgment lift it up. 136 Knowledge of the incorporeal lifts up the mind and presents it to the Holy Trinity. 137 Remember the clear proverbs of what has been given to you in the Lord, and do not forget my humble soul in the time of prayer. 6