Third “I Am” Speech

1. I, however, am the [perfect] mind and the repose of [thunder].

2. I am the knowledge of my seeking, and the finding of those who seek for me, and the command of those who ask of me,

3. and the power of powers in my knowledge of the angels sent at my word, and of gods among gods by my counsel, and of spirits of every person who abides with me, and of women who abide within me.

4. I am the honored and the praised, and the one despised in scorn.

5. I am peace, and war has come because of me, and I am a foreigner and a citizen.

6. I am the substance and the one without substance.

7. Those not in union with me are ignorant of me, and those who share in my substance know me.

8. Those near to me have been ignorant of me, and those far away from me have known me.

9. On the day when I am near [you], [you] are far away [from me], [and] on the day when I [am far] away from you, [I am near] you.