The fate of the gnostic who sinneth is more terrible than that of the ignorant sinner.
Mary continued again and said:
"My Lord, a man who hath known the godhead and hath received of the mysteries (of the Light) and hath turned and transgressed and done lawlessly and hath not turned to penitence, and a man (on the other hand) who hath not found the godhead nor known it, and that man is a sinner and moreover impious, and they both have come out of the body,--which of them will get more suffering in the judgments?"
The Saviour answered again and said unto Mary:
"Amēn, amēn,
I say unto thee: The man who hath known the godhead and hath received the mysteries (of the Light) and sinned and hath not turned to penitence, he will get suffering in the chastisements (of the judgments) in great sufferings and judgments exceedingly far more in comparison with the impious and law-breaking man who hath not known the godhead. Now, therefore, who hath ears to hear, let him hear."
2. Mary interpreteth the same from a former saying.
When then the Saviour had said this, Mary started forward and said:
"My Lord, my light-man hath ears, and I have understood the whole word which thou hast spoken. Concerning this word then thou hast spoken unto us in a similitude:
'The slave who knew the will (of his lord) and made not ready nor did the will of his lord, will receive great blows; but he who knew not and did not, will be deserving of less. For from every one to whom more is entrusted, of him will more be demanded, and to whom much is handed over (of him) much is required,'1--that is, my Lord: He who knew the godhead and hath found the mysteries (of the Light) and hath transgressed, will be chastized in a far greater chastisement than he who hath not known the godhead. This, my Lord, is the solution of the word."
Read: Luke 12:47, 48