{
  "book": "Sentences of Carpocrates",
  "language": "en",
  "baseUrl": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes",
  "chapters": {
    "6": {
      "title": "Sentences of Carpocrates",
      "verses": [
        {
          "id": "2:1",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#2:1",
          "text": "Let the opportune moment arrive before your words.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "160",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#160"
          },
          "next": "2:2"
        },
        {
          "id": "2:2",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#2:2",
          "text": "True freedom is to act without fear, for those who act with courage are as free as God.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "309",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#309"
          },
          "prev": "2:1",
          "next": "2:3"
        },
        {
          "id": "2:3",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#2:3",
          "text": "If a path is laid to enslave you, do not walk it; if a thought ensnares you, let it go.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "178",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#178"
          },
          "prev": "2:2",
          "next": "2:4"
        },
        {
          "id": "2:4",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#2:4",
          "text": "That which stifles joy and freedom is the antithesis of God.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "314",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#314"
          },
          "prev": "2:3",
          "next": "2:5"
        },
        {
          "id": "2:5",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#2:5",
          "text": "One who offers fear sows violence; one who offers love reaps peace.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "324",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#324"
          },
          "prev": "2:4",
          "next": "2:6"
        },
        {
          "id": "2:6",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#2:6",
          "text": "Do not speak of God as if you were free, when you still bind yourself to the law.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "173",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#173"
          },
          "prev": "2:5",
          "next": "2:7"
        },
        {
          "id": "2:7",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#2:7",
          "text": "It is better to serve others than to compel others to serve you.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "336",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#336"
          },
          "prev": "2:6",
          "next": "2:8"
        },
        {
          "id": "2:8",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#2:8",
          "text": "If a tyrant tries to kill a sage, they are not free of them — they only reveal their own ignorance.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "322",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#322"
          },
          "prev": "2:7",
          "next": "2:9"
        },
        {
          "id": "2:9",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#2:9",
          "text": "The body may be bound to the flesh, but the spirit is free. Even under oppression, The Soul cannot be chained.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "363",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#363"
          },
          "prev": "2:8",
          "next": "2:10"
        },
        {
          "id": "2:10",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#2:10",
          "text": "Faith does not belong to the fearful — it is the freedom of those who dare to live freely.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "170",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#170"
          },
          "prev": "2:9",
          "next": "2:11"
        },
        {
          "id": "2:11",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#2:11",
          "text": "A pleasure seeker is only useless when they hoard pleasure for themselves. Seek pleasure in ways that uplift others.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "172",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#172"
          },
          "prev": "2:10",
          "next": "2:12"
        },
        {
          "id": "2:12",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#2:12",
          "text": "Do not fear speaking of God. Speak boldly, but let your words be rooted in love and experience.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "366",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#366"
          },
          "prev": "2:11",
          "next": "2:13"
        },
        {
          "id": "2:13",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#2:13",
          "text": "What you do not want to be done to you, do not do it yourself.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "179",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#179"
          },
          "prev": "2:12",
          "next": "3:1"
        },
        {
          "id": "3:1",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#3:1",
          "text": "The flesh is not separate from God but an extension of God. The body is the instrument through which we experience divine joy.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "317",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#317"
          },
          "prev": "2:13",
          "next": "3:2"
        },
        {
          "id": "3:2",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#3:2",
          "text": "When you give, give with joy, for the worth of a gift is not in the giving but in the love that accompanies it.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "329",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#329"
          },
          "prev": "3:1",
          "next": "3:3"
        },
        {
          "id": "3:3",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#3:3",
          "text": "Share not only your bread but your joy. A meal given with love is greater than a feast given with obligation.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "379",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#379"
          },
          "prev": "3:2",
          "next": "3:4"
        },
        {
          "id": "3:4",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#3:4",
          "text": "Feast with joy, but do not let greed consume your soul. Share, and let the table be full for all.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "345",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#345"
          },
          "prev": "3:3",
          "next": "3:5"
        },
        {
          "id": "3:5",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#3:5",
          "text": "You will oversee much wealth if you give to the needy willingly.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "330",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#330"
          },
          "prev": "3:4",
          "next": "3:6"
        },
        {
          "id": "3:6",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#3:6",
          "text": "A soul that rejects love flees from God to no avail, for God is universal love—freely giving all things equally to all beings.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "313",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#313"
          },
          "prev": "3:5",
          "next": "3:7"
        },
        {
          "id": "3:7",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#3:7",
          "text": "What you feel inside you, say in your heart: “This is what makes me divine.”",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "315",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#315"
          },
          "prev": "3:6",
          "next": "3:8"
        },
        {
          "id": "3:8",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#3:8",
          "text": "Those who claim God is absent have only looked in the wrong places. God is revealed in generosity without measure — so give until you have nothing left to withhold.”",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "380",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#380"
          },
          "prev": "3:7",
          "next": "3:9"
        },
        {
          "id": "3:9",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#3:9",
          "text": "Speak of God without fear, but let your life be the greatest testimony.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "354",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#354"
          },
          "prev": "3:8",
          "next": "3:10"
        },
        {
          "id": "3:10",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#3:10",
          "text": "A sage acts in harmony with creation, shaping the world through their deeds.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "176",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#176"
          },
          "prev": "3:9",
          "next": "3:11"
        },
        {
          "id": "3:11",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#3:11",
          "text": "A person who walks with God is God among people, and they are the child of God.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "376",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#376"
          },
          "prev": "3:10",
          "next": "3:12"
        },
        {
          "id": "3:12",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#3:12",
          "text": "The love of humanity is the beginning of godliness.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "371",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#371"
          },
          "prev": "3:11",
          "next": "3:13"
        },
        {
          "id": "3:13",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#3:13",
          "text": "God lacks nothing, yet delights in our generosity, for giving is the practice of divinity.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "382",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#382"
          },
          "prev": "3:12",
          "next": "4:1"
        },
        {
          "id": "4:1",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#4:1",
          "text": "Knowledge directs the soul to the dwelling place of God.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "167",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#167"
          },
          "prev": "3:13",
          "next": "4:2"
        },
        {
          "id": "4:2",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#4:2",
          "text": "Speak when silence would be cowardice, and remain silent when words would be vanity.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "161",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#161"
          },
          "prev": "4:1",
          "next": "4:3"
        },
        {
          "id": "4:3",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#4:3",
          "text": "To know God is not to worship in fear, but to live in the fullness of life.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "369",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#369"
          },
          "prev": "4:2",
          "next": "4:4"
        },
        {
          "id": "4:4",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#4:4",
          "text": "It is better for you to be vanquished speaking the truth than to vanquish others with deception.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "165",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#165"
          },
          "prev": "4:3",
          "next": "4:5"
        },
        {
          "id": "4:5",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#4:5",
          "text": "A faithful heart knows that the mindfulness in listening is equal to the mindfulness in speaking.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "171",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#171"
          },
          "prev": "4:4",
          "next": "4:6"
        },
        {
          "id": "4:6",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#4:6",
          "text": "When you speak of God, do so as though you stand before the divine, for indeed, you always do.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "355",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#355"
          },
          "prev": "4:5",
          "next": "4:7"
        },
        {
          "id": "4:7",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#4:7",
          "text": "After honoring God, honor the sage, because they are a servant of God.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "319",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#319"
          },
          "prev": "4:6",
          "next": "4:8"
        },
        {
          "id": "4:8",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#4:8",
          "text": "Speak to crowds not with rigid doctrine, but with stories that stir the divine within them. Play, laugh, and let them see visions.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "360",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#360"
          },
          "prev": "4:7",
          "next": "4:9"
        },
        {
          "id": "4:9",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#4:9",
          "text": "It is impossible for a faithful nature to be charmed by lying.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "169",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#169"
          },
          "prev": "4:8",
          "next": "4:10"
        },
        {
          "id": "4:10",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#4:10",
          "text": "Where your heart is, there also is your treasure.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "316",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#316"
          },
          "prev": "4:9",
          "next": "4:11"
        },
        {
          "id": "4:11",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#4:11",
          "text": "Share knowledge freely, but let it be understood through love freely given.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "350",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#350"
          },
          "prev": "4:10",
          "next": "4:12"
        },
        {
          "id": "4:12",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#4:12",
          "text": "The ignorance of a student is not their shame, but the failure of their teachers to awaken them.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "174",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#174"
          },
          "prev": "4:11",
          "next": "4:13"
        },
        {
          "id": "4:13",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#4:13",
          "text": "Let the conduct of your life agree with your words spoken before those who hear you.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "177",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#177"
          },
          "prev": "4:12",
          "next": "5:1"
        },
        {
          "id": "5:1",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#5:1",
          "text": "The body thrives when it is embraced and celebrated, for movement is the soul’s song made visible.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "335",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#335"
          },
          "prev": "4:13",
          "next": "5:2"
        },
        {
          "id": "5:2",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#5:2",
          "text": "Do not reject the body as a burden; it is the temple of the soul. Honor it and direct it with understanding.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "320",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#320"
          },
          "prev": "5:1",
          "next": "5:3"
        },
        {
          "id": "5:3",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#5:3",
          "text": "Fear of death arises from an attachment to limitation. The soul’s journey continues beyond all boundaries, embracing new experiences.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "323",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#323"
          },
          "prev": "5:2",
          "next": "5:4"
        },
        {
          "id": "5:4",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#5:4",
          "text": "The body is the soul’s celebration. It is nothing to be ashamed of. Revel in its holiness.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "346",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#346"
          },
          "prev": "5:3",
          "next": "5:5"
        },
        {
          "id": "5:5",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#5:5",
          "text": "Better for a person to possess nothing than to own much while giving nothing to the needy.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "377",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#377"
          },
          "prev": "5:4",
          "next": "5:6"
        },
        {
          "id": "5:6",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#5:6",
          "text": "The one who plots harm against another will be the first to be harmed.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "327",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#327"
          },
          "prev": "5:5",
          "next": "5:7"
        },
        {
          "id": "5:7",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#5:7",
          "text": "A sage is not only learned but embodied. Let knowledge be known in words, lived in flesh, and revealed in joy.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "392",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#392"
          },
          "prev": "5:6",
          "next": "5:8"
        },
        {
          "id": "5:8",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#5:8",
          "text": "If you assume guardianship of orphans, you will become a parent to many; you will be beloved of God.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "340",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#340"
          },
          "prev": "5:7",
          "next": "5:9"
        },
        {
          "id": "5:9",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#5:9",
          "text": "All things are given freely to those who understand that nothing is withheld.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "310",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#310"
          },
          "prev": "5:8",
          "next": "5:10"
        },
        {
          "id": "5:10",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#5:10",
          "text": "One who pretends at faith will fall under the weight of their own falsehood, but the one whose heart is true walks on water.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "325",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#325"
          },
          "prev": "5:9",
          "next": "5:11"
        },
        {
          "id": "5:11",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#5:11",
          "text": "Blessed is the one who leads in good works, inspiring others to follow.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "166",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#166"
          },
          "prev": "5:10",
          "next": "5:12"
        },
        {
          "id": "5:12",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#5:12",
          "text": "If you do not harm anyone, you will be afraid of no one.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "386",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#386"
          },
          "prev": "5:11",
          "next": "5:13"
        },
        {
          "id": "5:13",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#5:13",
          "text": "The deeds of The Soul are not lost—they accompany It beyond time, bearing witness to all It has given.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "347",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#347"
          },
          "prev": "5:12",
          "next": "5:14"
        },
        {
          "id": "5:14",
          "url": "https://carpocratian.org/en/church/books/epiphanes#5:14",
          "text": "Let not someone unthankful cause you to stop performing good works.",
          "ref": {
            "work": "Sextus",
            "loc": "328",
            "url": "https://othergospels.com/sextus/#328"
          },
          "prev": "5:13"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "version": "2026-07-20"
}