Saying 110: Finding the World and Renouncing It
Whoever has found the world and become rich should renounce the world.
Commentary
Compressed almost to the point of paradox: gaining the world is a precondition of the renunciation, not an alternative to it.
Parallels
Mark 8:36; Gospel of Thomas 81
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