Saying 87: The Body That Depends on a Body
How wretched is the body that depends on a body, and how wretched is the soul that depends on the two of them.
Commentary
Repeated in a tighter form at saying 112. The problem in Thomas is rarely the body as such but dependence — the soul entangled in what it should be free of.
Parallels
Gospel of Thomas 112
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