Letter 21: To Mar Yazdeshapur

Letter 21: To Mar Yazdeshapur — Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene Chapter 1 To him, when to him in him, when in him from him, when from him, very much peace. That which is good is known, that which is good is made known, that which is not known is not good. Nothing for the spirit, not very good. But not even the whole of it. For the beginning is like a thorn, when with some power something is diminished. But when for the whole it suffices in the vessel of the deposit, then the victors are already in the secret place. And not in the crown. It is the spirit, then, the vessel or the sign. It is the spirit, then, and its fruit. And there are many reasons to find it when it covers negligence. And its likeness. But those who are in the spirit: the vision of the hidden ones has been confirmed. And when one knows whether, as for Samuel, it also covers you. That which is, in the terrors. And this, if it is that which succeeds, the opposite of that which stands. When it is not long found that it succeeds, as until now I think. For how can it be found that against the gate, among those who are sweet, the opposite of the fear of God occurs, that which has God? But if perhaps it is not long with shame that it is purified, that which is also said of it that it creates sins. And from it, as from a small cord of the soul, it is dragged to a shameful servitude. This, when from it it was understood that it was made known to the hand of that which was made known, something that resembles what I wrote to him: against my own village of Lerythusia. And not only that which resembles, but also that which is suitable for him to go out in an incomplete spirit, if he wishes to be used by it. Now, when from the path of the fear of God it deviates to the abyss of error, it does well if it rests among those of whom I wrote. And by itself it acts in such a way that it does not cease to act. It is good, then, also for you, when from a distance by hearing alone it sees those things that are evilly done. Hope, then, in the Lord, or in the pious men.

and the new event occurs from the opposite sides of the saints, which is stirred up, and your honor is from you to the stumbling block that is from all. A new event occurs in such a way as this. When you are reminded of the dust of sin, that which now is exalted and after a little is scattered. And pray that it may be equal to mercy at every hour. And may the grace of God guide in all. Completed.