Thunder, Perfect Mind · 5 of 11

Second “I Am” Speech

1.Then why have you hated me, you Greeks? Because I am a barbarian among [the] barbarians?

2.For I am the wisdom [of the] Greeks and the knowledge of [the] barbarians.

3.I am the judgement of [the] Greeks and of the barbarians.

4.[I] am the one whose image is great in Egypt, and the one without an image among the barbarians.

5.I am the one hated everywhere, and the one loved everywhere.

6.I am the one they call “life,” and the one you call “death.”

7.I am the one they call “law,” and the one you call “lawless.”

8.I am the one you have persecuted, and I am the one you have seized.

9.I am the one you have scattered, and you have gathered me together.

10.I am the one in whose presence you have been ashamed, and you have acted shamelessly toward me.

11.I am she who keeps not festival, and I am she whose festivals are many.

12.I, I am godless, and I am the one whose God is great.

13.I am the one on whom you have meditated, and you have rejected me.

14.I am uneducated, and they learn from me.

15.I am the one you despised, and you meditate on me.

16.I am the one from whom you have hidden, and you appear to me.

17.When you, however, hide yourselves, it is I who will appear.

18.For [when] you [appear], I [will hide] myself from you.