Saying 5: Know What Is in Front of You
Know what is in front of your face and what is hidden from you will be revealed; nothing hidden will fail to be disclosed.
Commentary
Preserved in Greek on Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 654, which adds a line about the buried being raised — one of the few places where the Greek fragments and the Coptic text visibly diverge.
Parallels
Mark 4:22; Luke 8:17; Luke 12:2
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